oral communication

The language of oral communication naturally assumes a tone of greater vivacity and passion than that of the closet.

A narrative, whether true or false, that has been traditionally preserved from the time of its first oral communication.

(a) More written records should be kept, and less dependence placed on oral communication.

But the written records of value have been usually negligible in quantity, and oral communication has therefore been the mainstay.

That these are only cases of oral communication will be admitted by any one with the slightest knowledge of the circumstances.