No one doubts that good lawyers love and need logic, for reasoning and rationality are central to the legal profession. The world is paradoxical, however. Consider the following observation of Sean Wilentz, the great historian:

"The disarming appearance of remorseless logic can always
obscure [']mere['] facts."

So facts and logic do not always mesh. The same is true, of course, as to feelings and emotions. How does the good lawyer handle these tensions? Broad and self-conscious teaching experience is an excellent teacher.