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-{{a|myth|{{image|Der Teufel|png|“''Der Teufel mag im Detail stecken, aber Gott steckt in den Lücken''”}}}}[[Die Schweizer Heulsuse]] (the “[[The Swiss Milquetoast|Swiss Milquetoast]]”) is the legendary, possibly apocryphal, unfinished last play of [[Otto Büchstein]], composed on his deathbed in an opium den in [[Mandalay]], delirious with malaria.<ref>Other reports have it as [[dengue fever]].</ref> Critics have been unable to agree whether {{buchstein}} intended it as comedy, history or tragedy, but are more or less unanimous that he failed to manage any of the three. “A drudgedy” was [[Winthrop Grumman]]’s terse assessment.
+{{a|otto|{{image|Der Teufel|png|“''Der Teufel mag im Detail stecken, aber Gott steckt in den Lücken''”}}}}[[Die Schweizer Heulsuse]] (the “[[The Swiss Milquetoast|Swiss Milquetoast]]”) is the legendary, possibly apocryphal, unfinished last play of [[Otto Büchstein]], composed on his deathbed in an opium den in [[Mandalay]], delirious with malaria.<ref>Other reports have it as [[dengue fever]].</ref> Critics have been unable to agree whether {{buchstein}} intended it as comedy, history or tragedy, but are more or less unanimous that he failed to manage any of the three. “A drudgedy” was [[Winthrop Grumman]]’s terse assessment.
 ===Devil quote===
 Mainly famous for a misquote in [[Gräfin Schümli Pflümli]]’s final aria, ''Der Teufel mag im Detail stecken, aber Gott steckt in den Lücken'' (''The Devil may be in the detail, but God is in the gaps''),  often misquoted as “[[the devil is not in the detail. The devil is the detail]]”.
 {{quote|
-''{{caps|Schümli Pflümli}}'': Mark you this, [[Triago]]: <br>
+{{dsh god in the gaps quote}}
-Your eagl’y imp may wi’ alacrity excrete <br>
+}}
-Sheafs and screeds of plushest ''[[vebiage|vérbiage]]'' — <br>
-For such mute and timorous ends <br>
-As convolution may confect. <br>
-A soul enswamped with tedium and o’erworded haps <br>
-See aught but devils in every chary detail. <Br>
-''{{caps|Nuncle}}'': A better fellow might find God among the gaps. <br>
-}}
 ===[[Otto’s razor]]===
-''Die Schweizer Heulsuse'' is also famous for its articulation of “[[Otto’s razor]]”:
+''[[Die Schweizer Heulsuse]]'' is also famous for its articulation of “[[Otto’s razor]]”:
 {{Dsh razor quote}}
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 {{Dsh annihilism}}}}
+=== A condition more honour’d in the breach===
+Herculio’s famous soliloquy on being asked to advise on a shareholder agreement.
+{{quote|
+{{dsh a condition more honoured}}}}
 {{sa}}
 *[[Otto’s razor]]
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 *[[Newsletter]]
 *{{Buchstein}}
-*{{c|Büchstein Operas}}
+*{{c2|Büchstein Operas|mythology}}
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