In the present day, however, the province of Rhetoric, in the widest acceptation that would reckoned admissible, comprehends all Composition in Prose; in the narrowest sense, it would be limited to Persuasive Speaking.
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Richard Whately was English academic, philosopher, and theologian. Richard Whately was an English academic, rhetorician, logician, philosopher, economist, and theologian who also served as a reforming Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin. He was a leading Broad Churchman, a prolific and combative author over a wide range of topics, a flamboyant character, and one of the first reviewers to recognise the talents of Jane Austen. Read more on Wikipedia →