Appreciating the limitations of the medium.

• Jurisdiction: United States

Section 116. Appreciating the limitations of the medium.—Perhaps the most illuminating insight into the refinements of oral advocacy is acquired through an appreciation of the limitations of the medium employed. You are speaking, not writing. Your words are received by ear, not by eye. Your impact is evanescent; your audience cannot go back and pick up something they may have missed. There is normally no permanent record of what you have said—unless you hire a stenographer at your own expense to take down...