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  1. 12-30-2009, 03:37 PM #1
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    Default James Joyce on nocturnal shaving

    I was rereading James Joyce's Ulysses and came across this passage. OK, Joyce may not be for everyone, but this discusses shaving in turn-of-the-century Ireland:

    "What advantages attend shaving by night? A softer beard: a softer brush if intentionally allowed to remain from shave to shave in its agglutinated lather: a softer skin if unexpectedly encountering female acquaintances in remote places at incustomary hours: quiet reflections upon the course of the day: a cleaner sensation when awakening after a fresher sleep since matutinal noises, premonitions and perturbationns, a clattered milkcan, a postman's double knock, a paper read, reread while lathering, relathering, the same spot, a shock, a shoot, with thought of aught he sought though fraught with nought might cause a faster rate of shaving and a nick on which incision plaster with percision cut and humected and adhered: which was to be done."
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    Wisdom. Let us attend.
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    Lovely passage. Thank you.
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    Love it! Thanks.

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    Outstanding.
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    That was great! Thank you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roadkill View Post
    a softer brush if intentionally allowed to remain from shave to shave in its agglutinated lather
    So he's actually recommending leaving the brush filled with lather overnight?
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    More accessible than Ulysses is Dubliners, a really lovely read.
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