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Quotation from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
“Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.”
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Chapter V (diary, April 26) (Project Gutenberg text)
Stephen's diary entry as his mother prepares his clothes for departure.
Citation: "Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race." — James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Chapter V (diary, April 26) (Project Gutenberg text). (id joyce-portrait-of-the-artist-q7)
Portrait: Revolutionary Joyce Better Contrast, Unknown, Public domain.
