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A challenging read. Very confusing

There’s a section that’s a priest giving a sermon that describes the depths and agony of hell for like 30 pages. This is this most Catholic thing I’ve ever read.

Chapter II complete.

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Some of the annotations are super useful like Stephen will reference one word and itll be like “this is a reference to a niche political figure born in mid 18th century Ireland” and some of them are like he sings a tune in his head and they go “this is a song kids would sing”

"Yes! He would create proudly out of the freedom and power of his soul, as the great artificer whose name he bore, a living thing, new and soaring and beautiful, impalpable, imperishable."

Chapter 4 done, only one to go!

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