And the commentators—how disappointing they are! Up to now I cannot recall a single instance where they have given me light on the point that bothered me. They usually wax eloquent on the things we all know and pass over in silence the verses “hard to be understood.” In so doing they merely bear witness to their own humanity. No one knows too much, even as you and I. An expensive cover and a complicated index will often awe the young seeker into a state of mental passivity where he would never dare