Then with a feeling of comprehension, the viewer might move on to the next drawing.
Those who make comprehension the precondition of acceptance destine themselves to unremitting misery.
As always, though, while the scale of this crisis is vast beyond our comprehension, the true impact is devastatingly personal.
For information comprehension, the written word beats the rat-a-tat-tat of cable cubs and cuties any day.
Incomprehension battles with comprehension, the unexpressed conflicts with the desire to see, the near-ridiculous and the audaciously comical arise from the gravest horrors and the deepest fears.
While resistant to tearing, the maps are not resistant to comprehension: the 20-odd symbols in the legends are explained in English, German, French and Italian.
Meanwhile Gould's playing continues to promise that however beyond comprehension the world may seem, music has powers that offer abundant recompense.
"This attack was on innocent civilians working only for the people of Afghanistan, and is beyond comprehension," the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan said in a statement.
To be sure, there have been public events beyond simple comprehension: the Kennedy assassination comes to mind, as well as the Lewinsky scandal.
Still, some Puritans did not give up the idea of "comprehension" (the idea that all ecclesiastical factions might yet find common ground).
Five gigawatts is an amount beyond easy comprehension, the daily equivalent of the energy given off by six bombs like the one that destroyed Hiroshima.
