I speak and speak, ... but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. ... It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear. (Marco Polo)

I speak and speak, ... but the listener retains only the words he is expecting. ... It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.

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