>                                         <xsl:value-of select="$contentsOfSecondCell"/>
>
>
> value-of generates the string-value of (in xslt 1) the first node
> suppled. that is it returns the concatenation of all the text node
> descendants, removing any element nodes.
>
> You want copy-of not value-of.
>
> David
>

Ah... very insightful. Thanks!
-R