Irving Finkel

And if she does die, you're going to be responsible.

So all you can ever do and ever, ever have been able to do is to say, there's a sign here that says that the queen could die, meaning could die, not will die.

And therefore the requisite ritual or magic must immediately swing into action to defer the danger.

So the point is that A equals B is never true.

It means that with A, B could be, might be, ought to be, should be, could be true.

All those subtle things.

So that the diviner who works from the king must have been a philosopher who looks at the king.

He looks at the king and he knows what the king wants him to say.

So he has to tell the king,

What he wants to hear, he has to tell the king.

If it's bad news in such a way that he doesn't mind or he won't worry, it's the most beautiful thing.

It's so subtle.

It's like a violin concerto.

It can never have been A equals B for a minute.

So the medical texts say, if a man has this, you do this, you drink this, he'll get better.

It says he'll get better.

So you ever met a doctor?

who will say, you do this, you'll get better.

No, they say, all being well, you'll be back on your feet.

Or I've seen this kind of condition many times.