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On page 29 of Ulysses, Joyce has Stephen Dedalus use the following phrase: "As it was in the beginning, is now. . . . and ever shall be. . . . world without end." The phrase "and ever shall be, world without end" also appears in the Proteus chapter of Ulysses (on page 37). These words come from the Gloria Patri, or lesser doxology. The Latin is as follows: Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen. This phrase literally means: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. |
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