She knew he was being only sensible, pity rather, and she said she was sorry, and they didn't stand overclose after that, the weight of the rain was seeping through the branches and now a great low gust of wind swept up the park, driving the soft ground spray in their faces.

It is the ambiguity of language only which can make this proposition appear either doubtful or paradoxical. When properly explained and understood, it is almost self-evident.

God hath now sent his living oracle / Into the world to teach his final will.

These are nonapology apologies, said Larry J. Sabato, a University of Virginia political scientist.