 Steiner responded to criticism that Hitler 's speech in this book is unchallenged by saying that it had been done before : for example Satan 's speech in Milton 's Paradise Lost ( 1667 ) , and The Grand Inquisitor 's speech in Dostoyevsky 's The Brothers Karamazov ( 1880 ) . He also reminded the reader that Hitler 's speech is balanced out earlier in the book by Lieber 's long monologue on the horrors of the Holocaust . Finally , Steiner said that his Hitler ( A. H. ) is " a fictive figure " , and that it is not he who has the last word , but Teku , the Indian tracker , who shouts " Proven " . Teku is also the Hebrew word used to indicate that " there are issues here beyond our wisdom to answer or decide . " 
 Steiner responded to criticism that Hitler <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>speech in this book is unchallenged by saying that it had been done before : for example Satan <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>speech in Milton <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>Paradise Lost ( 1667 ) , and The Grand Inquisitor <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>speech in Dostoyevsky <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>The Brothers Karamazov ( 1880 ) . He also reminded the reader that Hitler <a href='null_genetive' title='6'><mark>'s</mark></a>speech is balanced out earlier in the book by Lieber <a href='null_genetive' title='7'><mark>'s</mark></a>long monologue on the horrors of the Holocaust . Finally , Steiner said that his Hitler ( A. H. ) is " a fictive figure " , and that it <a href='negative_concord' title='8'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='9'><mark>not</mark></a>he who <a href='got' title='10'><mark>has</mark></a> the last word , but Teku , the Indian tracker , <a href='null_relcl' title='11'><mark>who</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='12'><mark>shouts</mark></a> " Proven " . Teku <a href='drop_aux' title='13'><mark>is</mark></a>also the Hebrew word used to indicate that " <a href='dey_it' title='14'><mark>there</mark></a> are issues here beyond our wisdom to answer or decide . " 
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