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                    Thought for the week

St John’s images do not mean anything you like; their sense can be determined.  But they still have an astonishing multiplicity of images.  Otherwise, why write in images rather than in cold factual prose?  It has been said that the purpose of scientific statement is the elimination of ambiguity, and the purpose of symbol the inclusion of it.  We write in symbol when we wish our words to present, rather than analyse or prove, their subject matter.

Austin Farrer, The rebirth of images.