When the subject is highly controversial one cannot hope to tell the truth. One can only show how one came to hold whatever opinion one does hold. One can only give one's audience the chance of drawing their own conclusions as they observe the limitations, the prejudices, the idiosyncrasies of the speaker. Virginia Wolf Education | Schools | Culture When the subject is highly controversial, one cannot hope to tell the truth [but] one can give one’s audience the chance of drawing their own