INVISIBLE STONES

"Marco Polo describes a bridge, stone by stone.

    -But which is the stone that holds up the bridge?- asks Kublai Kan.

    -The bridge is not held up by this or that one stone,- answers Marco, -but by the line of

the arch that they form.

Kublai Kan remains silent, as he meditates. Then he adds: -Why do you talk to me about

the stones? It is only the arch that I am interested in.

    Polo answers: -Without stones there is no arch."

(from “The Invisible Cities”, by Italo Calvino)

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