A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are…

Joyce, James. The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses: The 1922 Text with Essays and Notes, edited by Catherine Flynn. Cambridge University Press, 2022, ch. 9.

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Joyce, James. Ulysses. Shakespeare and Company, 1922, bk. 2, ch. 9.

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