The Written Word Is Not the Spoken Word

 The Written Word Is Not the Spoken Word 

Abe Lincoln reading to his son Tad.

 The written word 

 is not the spoken 

 conversational word 

(TOP) "The earliest known draft of the United States Declaration of Independence, 

a fragment in the handwriting of Thomas Jefferson. June 1776."

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Composition_draft.jpg
The numerous words that were crossed out, inserted 
and changed shows how the written word is usually crafted.

(BOTTOM) Top of a finished polished Declaration of Independence 
published version, known as a broadside. 

 The written word is molded, 

 crafted and polished 

 And does not include 

 the body language and 

 the silent  expressions 

 of speech