But how are we to judge which it is?
I maintain that until we know something of the parties and the financial and other interests involved we have no data." "There," said Thorndyke, "I disagree with you entirely.

I maintain that we have ample data.

You say that we have no means of judging which of the various possible solutions is the true one; but I think that if you will read the report carefully and thoughtfully you will find that the facts now known to us point clearly to one explanation, and one only.

It may not be the true explanation, and I don't suppose it is.

But we are now dealing with the matter speculatively, academically, and I contend that our data yield a definite conclusion.