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Principle I.
Whatever is written on the board shall be asserted to be true of the Universe in question.

This is clear.
We all know what it is to assert anything.
An act of assertion is a contract, the effect of which is that id what is asserted is not true, the assertor forfeits in a measure his reputation for veracity.
The lilacs are in bloom.
Here is an example.
It is asserted that in my universe the lilacs are in bloom.
Now I wish to assert something else.
But to enable me to do that, I shall ask you to agree to a second principle.
Principle II.
Anything written shall leave its meaning independently of anything else that maybe written on another part of the board and that is not joined to it by any line of connection.
If so joined the meaning shall only be such modification as that line imports