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title: 'The Relation of Style to Thought'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'William Greenough Thayer Shedd'
date: 1851-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Natural Theology'
- 'Logic and Rhetoric'
- 'Philosophy (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 2'
- 'Revelation 20'
- 'Proverbs 16'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/shedd-1851-the-relation-of-style-to-thought
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# The Relation of Style to Thought

Argues conscience and remorse point to a future judgment, and that literary style spontaneously reflects individual thought and culture rather than conscious affectation.

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