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James Joyce quote about time from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) - Eternity! O, dread and dire word. Eternity! What mind of man can understand it?

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“ Eternity! O, dread and dire word. Eternity! What mind of man can understand it? ”

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Author

James Joyce

Source

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Topic

time eternity

Date

1916

Language

English

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4217/4217-h/4217-h.htm

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James Joyce quote about time from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) - Eternity! O, dread and dire word. Eternity! What mind of man can understand it?

James Joyce quote about time from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) - Eternity! O, dread and dire word. Eternity! What mind of man can understand it?

James Joyce quote about time from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) - Eternity! O, dread and dire word. Eternity! What mind of man can understand it?

James Joyce quote about time from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) - Eternity! O, dread and dire word. Eternity! What mind of man can understand it?