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Literary notes about Technicality (AI summary)

The word "technicality" in literature has often been used to underscore the impact of meticulous detail—whether as a driving force behind ambition or as a trivial distraction from bigger matters. In G. K. Chesterton's piece, for instance, technicality is depicted as a fervent element, almost transforming into an unstoppable blaze fueled by ambition—the "eager technicality" that consumes grand visions in its meticulous furnace [1]. On the other hand, in The Travels of Marco Polo, the term is employed to diminish the importance of a legal or procedural formality, reducing intricate matters to what is dismissed as a "mere technicality" [2]. Together, these examples reveal how technicality can be portrayed as both a passionate and sometimes superficial detail in literature.
  1. It must have melted in the frightful furnaces of ambition and eager technicality.
    — from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. Chesterton
  2. "And all my other property movable and immovable that has not been disposed of [here follow some lines of mere technicality]
    — from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Marco Polo and da Pisa Rusticiano

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