StephendissentedopenlyfromBloom’sviewontheimportanceofdietaryandcivicselfhelpwhileBloomdissentedtacitlyfromStephen’sviewsontheeternalaffirmationofthespiritofmaninliterature。BloomassentedcovertlytoStephen’srectificationoftheanachronisminvolvedinassigningthedateoftheconversionoftheIrishnationtochristianityfromdruidismbyPatricksonofCalpornus，sonofPotitus，sonofOdyssus，sentbypopeCelestineIintheyear432inthereignofLearytotheyear260orthereaboutsinthereignofCormacMacArt266A。D。suffocatedbyimperfectdeglutitionofalimentatSlettyandinterredatRossnaree。ThecollapsewhichBloomascribedtogastricinanitionandcertainchemicalcompoundsofvaryingdegreesofadulterationandalcoholicstrength，acceleratedbymentalexertionandthevelocityofrapidcircularmotioninarelaxingatmosphere，Stephenattributedtothereapparitionofamatutinalcloudperceivedbybothfromtwodifferentpointsofobservation，SandycoveandDublinatfirstnobiggerthanawoman’shand。
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