Years ago I knew my subject, or thought i did, sufficiently that i could talk for hours on it.
Now it is my hope or at least my prayer and aspiration that I understand my subject sufficiently well that I only need talk for minutes
I came to this conclusion after seeing a video of a world famous apologist answering a question during a Q&A period . I thought of that famous quote to Mozart by the Hapsburg Emperor Joseph II, one of the few things the movie Amadeus actually got right.
His Imperial and Apostolic Majesty said to Mozart, "very good, sir but far too many notes."
I would say to this apologist if firstly I could contact him and secondly if I thought he would heed it
"very good sir, but far too many words."
Brevity is still the soul of wit and many words mask incomprehension of the sdubject all too often, or mask the arrogance of loquacity
Now it is my hope or at least my prayer and aspiration that I understand my subject sufficiently well that I only need talk for minutes
I came to this conclusion after seeing a video of a world famous apologist answering a question during a Q&A period . I thought of that famous quote to Mozart by the Hapsburg Emperor Joseph II, one of the few things the movie Amadeus actually got right.
His Imperial and Apostolic Majesty said to Mozart, "very good, sir but far too many notes."
I would say to this apologist if firstly I could contact him and secondly if I thought he would heed it
"very good sir, but far too many words."
Brevity is still the soul of wit and many words mask incomprehension of the sdubject all too often, or mask the arrogance of loquacity
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