Other gifts support renovations of family libraries and projects for preserving, translating and interpreting the documents.
While there is first and foremost an issue of information simply not reaching the public, there is also a major learning curve when it comes to interpreting the documents that do find their way into the light.
In the century after Henry III's version of the Magna Carta, parliament interpreted the document's message as a right to a fair trial for all subjects.
Why couldn't it have been left to academics and teachers to interpret the document's phrase "the best that has been thought and written", which may or may not have included the Romantic poets?
But charities such as Friends of the Earth, the Wildlife Trusts and Greenpeace interpreted the document as an attempt to prevent them from making pro-EU arguments in the referendum campaign on how European law has helped to protect the environment.
All members of Congress swear their fealty to the Constitution when entering office (as they just did today), but each member interprets the document somewhat differently (to put it mildly).
Washington interprets the document as a guarantee that the peace process will lead to Assad stepping down from office, ending his family's more than four decades of rule.
The problem comes down to the vague document signed by Kim and Trump in Singapore that failed to define exactly what denuclearization means, and didn't set any concrete milestones — allowing both sides to interpret the document as they saw fit.
On the other hand, some bishops and superiors of religious orders, recognizing the historical contributions of celibate gay priests, have interpreted the document to mean that "deep-seated" means that one cannot live celibately; ergo, if a gay man feels an authentic call to the priesthood, is emotionally mature and can live a celibate lifestyle, he can be ordained.
