The wholeness of thought

The writer-or, for that matter, the speaker conceives his thought whole, as a unity, but must express it in a line of words; the reader- or listener-must take this line of symbols and from it 1 the original wholeness of thought. There is 2 difficulty in conversation, because the listener receives innumerable cues from the physical expressions of the speaker; there is a dialogue, and the listener can 3 in at any time. The advantage of group discussion is that people can overcome linear sequence of words by 4 on ideas from different directions; which makes for wholeness of thought. But the reader is confronted by line upon line of printed symbols, without benefits of physical 5 and emphasis or the possibility of dialogue or discussion.