A quote from Auden that's so appealing to me on this particular day:
Everything that happens is a witness to the truth: the special value of miracles is that they reveal the imperfection of man's knowledge, and stimulate him to search further: they induce humility and curiosity. A miracle has not borne its full fruit until it is understood, that is, until it has ceased to be a miracle and can be repeated as will.
(W.H. Auden, The Prolific and the Devourer, 55)
Another sacrificial structure!
