“ I speak the tongue of a race the acme of whose mentality is the maxim: time is money. ”
James Joyce, Ulysses (1922). copy citation
Author | James Joyce |
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Source | Ulysses |
Topic | money England |
Date | 1922 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4300/4300-h/4300-h.htm |
Context
“—We were always loyal to lost causes, the professor said. Success for us is the death of the intellect and of the imagination. We were never loyal to the successful. We serve them. I teach the blatant Latin language. I speak the tongue of a race the acme of whose mentality is the maxim: time is money. Material domination. Dominus! Lord! Where is the spirituality? Lord Jesus? Lord Salisbury? A sofa in a westend club. But the Greek!
Kyrie Eleison!” source
Kyrie Eleison!” source