Great cross-examination is built from small, obvious questions no one asks

Evidence

“This is an intellectual profession. You are not driving nails into a board.” Although he realized suddenly that the student was crying (in twenty years of teaching, this was the first time it had happened), Facher decided a recess would only call attention to her plight and embarrass her more. … “Little questions,” continued Facher. “Little bricks build big walls. Too many of you are afraid to ask simple questions. The tools of the trade are the English language and the rules of evidence.” — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 362

Categorization

• APHORISMS: ‘Little bricks build big walls’ is transferable life advice about cumulative small groundwork.
• SEED: Angle: a short essay on why expertise looks like tedium from the outside — the ‘little questions’ theory of mastery applied beyond law.