Burke’s famous mosaic, but we are a mosaic in solution, that is to say, a kaleidoscope.(27) When the instrument turns, the separate pieces readjust themselves, and all come out in perfectly novel combinations.
Morley uses a metaphor to describe the complexity and fluidity of political discussions.
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