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535/929—KAMO NO CHOMEI, 12th Century JapaneserecluseAnd <strong>com</strong>pare them to proverbs fromthe West:Be a craftsman <strong>in</strong> speech that thoumayest be strong, for the strength <strong>of</strong>one is the tongue, and speech is mightierthan all fight<strong>in</strong>g.—MAXIMS OF PTAHHOTEP, 2400 B.C.E.Speech is civilization itself. <strong>The</strong> word,even the most contradictory word, preservescontact—it is silence whichisolates.—THOMAS MANN, <strong>The</strong> Magic Mounta<strong>in</strong><strong>The</strong> squeaky wheel gets the grease.What lies beh<strong>in</strong>d these starkly differentattitudes? One answer is the

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