---
title: 'Literary Essays'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Greenough Thayer Shedd'
date: 1878-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Aesthetics'
- 'Education'
- 'Theology'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 19'
- 'Romans 12'
- 'John 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/shedd-1878-literary-essays
---

# Literary Essays

Shedd's Literary Essays argue that true beauty must serve truth and goodness; culture requires intellectual discipline, rigorous education, and moral seriousness.

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