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I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I Consider Theology To Be The Rhetoric

Ralph Waldo Emerson
I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.
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First, in your sermons, use your logic, and then your rhetoric; rhetoric without logic, is like a tree with leaves and blossoms, but no root; yet more are taken with rhetoric than logic, because they are caught with fine expressions when they understand not reason.
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[f]or avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy . . . the only ground of hope must be on the morals of the people. i believe that religion is the only solid base of morals and that morals are the only possible support of free governments. [t]herefore education should teach the precepts of religion and the duties of man towards god.
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Must you write complete sentences each time, every time? perish the thought. if your work consists only of fragments and floating clauses, the grammar police aren't going to come and take you away. even william strunk, that mussolini of rhetoric, recognized the delicious pliability of language. "it is an old observation," he writes, "that the best writers sometimes disregard the rules of rhetoric." yet he goes on to add this thought, which i urge you to consider: "unless he is certain of doing well, [the writer] will probably do best to follow the rules."
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