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{{image|Devil in the Detail I|png|''Devil in the Detail I''. {{vsr|1958}}}} | {{image|Devil in the Detail I|png|''Devil in the Detail I''. {{vsr|1958}}}} | ||
{{image|Devil in the Detail II|png|''Devil in the Detail II''. {{vsr|1959}}}} | {{image|Devil in the Detail II|png|''Devil in the Detail II''. {{vsr|1959}}}} | ||
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:—{{Buchstein}}, {{dsh}}}} | :—{{Buchstein}}, {{dsh}}}} | ||
It is a well-worn trope: there is so much one can commoditise, but the final mile is across ice-fields and shattered obsidian and you must walk it in the moccasins of deep expertise, lest you cut your feet to the bone. It may be true that 80 per cent of your bond documentation is [[boilerplate]], but the rest — oof — is a monster. | It is a well-worn trope: there is so much one can commoditise, but the final mile is across ice-fields and shattered obsidian and you must walk it in the moccasins of deep expertise, lest you cut your feet to the bone. It may be true that 80 per cent of your bond documentation is [[boilerplate]], but the rest — oof — is a monster. | ||
Of course, the [[boilerplate]] is pretty monstrous, too. | Of course, the [[boilerplate]] is pretty monstrous, too. | ||
But — as {{buchstein}}’s long-forgotten libretto had it: ''der Teufel mag im Detail stecken, aber Gott steckt in den Lücken!''<ref>“The Devil may be in the detail, but God is in the gaps.”</ref> | |||
=== Make way, I’m a lawyer === | === Make way, I’m a lawyer === | ||