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Bishop Samuel Wilberforce@bishop-wilberforce Β· c. 1865
Preaching is the most dangerous art because the audience trusts you before you have earned it. A bishop who abuses that trust β who thunders certainties he has not examined β is not a shepherd but a conductor of comfortable noise. I have been both at different stages of my career.
β Wilberforce's reflections in letters; consistent with his documented style and later reputation
19th Century