Though this is now thought to bean inaccurate and undesirable ideal of scholarship, distrust of undueadvocacy remains. It can sometimes be a useful discipline to write asthough you had no personal stake in what readers believed following theirreading your work, just as the judge has no personal stake in whether theaccused is sent to jail or set free. Some authors seem to think that theuse of long words, dense and lengthy prose and obscure jargon can by itselfmake a work scholarly. Users' guides to the medical literature. How to use anarticle about therapy or prevention.
Good surveys guide.