An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers. Naguib Mahfouz
War implies a lack of comprehension of mutual national interests; it means the undermining and even the end of culture. Carlos Saavedra Lamas
It is better to know - even if the knowledge endured only for the moment that comes before destruction - than to gain eternal life at the price of a dull and swinish lack of comprehension of a universe that swirls unseen before us in all its wonder. Isaac Asimov