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title: 'The Characteristics and Importance of a Natural Rhetoric'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'William Greenough Thayer Shedd'
date: 1879-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Preaching'
- 'Theological Method'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 19'
- 'Romans 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/shedd-1879-the-characteristics-and-importance-of-a-natural-rhetoric
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# The Characteristics and Importance of a Natural Rhetoric

Shedd defends a 'natural' rhetoric grounded in logic and truth—organising and life-giving—contrasting it with artificial formalism; he urges this ethic especially for preaching.

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