Preface
William Shuler Harris introduces the devil as a preacher whose sermons can sound learned and persuasive. The preface explains why his allegories give that voice room to speak.
From the text
Some of these sermons are short, others are longer, and at times they are delivered to us in the language of an angel with all the dignity that good scholarship might command.
William Shuler Harris · Minter Company edition, 1904 · The Minter Company · 1904
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