Or one might hope to inform later deliberations about history, as Thucydides did: "[If my work] be judged useful by those inquirers who desire an exact knowledge of the past as an aid to the interpretation of the future, which in the course of human things must resemble if it does not reflect it, I shall be content".
Better education of parents before or soon after their baby is born about actual risks should, by helping to ensure a circumcision in infancy, avoid later deliberations and barriers to circumcision in adolescence and adulthood.
Some, particularly the British, might respond that as a matter of fact France and Germany have long staged pre-summit meetings that have often decisively influenced later EU deliberations.
"I am keenly aware that there are convictions set aside all over the country when we learn later during deliberations a juror looked up the keyword or the key name," the judge said at the hearing, held this month.
After much deliberation he changed his mind two years later, just in time for qualifying, and went on to win bronze.
The jury resumed deliberations, later adjourning for the night.
One day of testimony and less than a quarter-hour of jury deliberations later, he was found guilty.
That does not, however, mean that some elbow-twisting couldn't happen later in the deliberations, as the justices begin drafting opinions.
The office of Vice President was also included later in the deliberations, mainly to provide the president a successor if he was unable to complete his term.
For example, the initial benefit package did not include antenatal care (ANC) services since its uptake was generally high but it was introduced later after extensive deliberations.
