Temp untamed will hist for no man

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  • time and tide will wait for no man: Phrase. 'Tide' is an archaic word equivalent to time.
  • Temp: (Latin) time
  • Hist: history (derived from Greek 'witness')
  • no man: reference to Homer's Odyssey and thereby Bloom. Ulysses is alluded to several times over the next few pages (if not throughout the entire book).
  • Temp: "temptation"