With the uncalled-for perversity characteristic of oracles the 'ompha' replied: That which thou hast not, mayst not, canst not have Amyntas, is the Dowry that I crave: Rest hopelesse in thy love, or else divine To give Urania this, and she is thine.

For in the sphere of intellect, as in other spheres, weakness and perversity cleave so firmly to human nature that even the most brilliant mind is not wholly and at all times free from them.