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 When you leave these things, a little part of you dies, but leave them, sometimes, you must.
-At least where the [[commercial imperative]] means anything — and in commerce, we think it means a lot — the chaff will outweigh the mortal threats, ten-to-one. To the young attorney it may feel prudent to sweat the small stuff — time and attendance heartily recommends doing that — and it will certainly ''feel'' satisfying: but it is a hollow type of enjoyment. It quickly palls. There is no more enjoyable night to be had by a trainee [[Legal eagles|eaglet]] than one spent [[Mark-up|pockmarking]] a harmless draft with “[[and/or]] [[On behalf of|on its or their or their agent’s behalves]], [[as the case may be|as the case may, for the time being, be]]” every fifteen lines — to but as young sir graduates from his articles he ought to bear in mind how ''short'' our time above ground is, how potentially sweet, and how long we are all due to spend underground having spent it. He might arrange his mortal affairs, accordingly, to make the most of it, and in doing so will endear himself greatly to his clients. If you love something, set it free.
+At least where the [[commercial imperative]] means anything — and in commerce, we think it means a lot — the chaff will outweigh the mortal threats, ten-to-one. To the young attorney it may feel prudent to sweat the small stuff — time and attendance heartily recommends doing that — and it will certainly ''feel'' satisfying: but it is a hollow type of enjoyment. It quickly palls.
-So let us invert the reductionists’ usual refrain.
+At first, it seems no more enjoyable night can be had by a trainee [[Legal eagles|eaglet]] than one spent [[Mark-up|pockmarking]] a harmless [[Draft of the day|draft]] with “[[and/or]] [[On behalf of|on its or their or their agent’s behalves]], [[as the case may be|as the case may, for the time being, be]]” every fifteen lines — but as young sir graduates from his articles he may start to bear in mind how ''short'' our time above ground is, how potentially sweet, and how long thereafter we are all due to spend below it, where things are not so rosy. He might arrange his mortal affairs, accordingly, to make the most of his time above “the ditch”.  If he does so, he will endear himself greatly to his clients. If you love something — even boilerplate — let it go.
+So let us invert the [[Reductionist|reductionists]]’ usual refrain.
 TAKE CARE OF THE POUNDS, AND THE PENNIES WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES.
-Formulate a strategy for identifying the real inflection points, focussing on them, getting them right, and leaving the sanding and polishing to the inevitable action of the earth, wind, tides and sun.
+Devise means of identifying ''real'' inflection points — places where your contract really hinges, and the good offices of the [[commercial imperative]] will not help — focus on them, get them right, and leave the sanding and polishing of the rest to the inevitable action of time and its handmaidens: the wind, rain, tides and sun.
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 *[[contractual risk]]