Communication
Of all affairs, communication is the most wonderful. That things should be able to pass from the plane of external pushing and pulling to that of revealing themselves to man, and thereby to themselves; and that the fruit of communication should be participation, sharing, is a wonder by the side of which transubstantiation pales.‐John Dewey


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Mr. Fish is an ingenious cartoonist. I've got several of his masterpieces saved away on my computer. But here's the best one -- online -- on the topic of Hillary Clinton:
http://harpers.org/archive/2005/07/CartoonHillary
I'm sorry, but I find this passage to be turgid blather. If the intent of this was to belittle the Christian concept of transubstantiation, then I suspect it had virtually no impact if only because it dresses up a simple idea in pretentious clothing.
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