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Quotation from The Lives of Richard Hooker, George Herbert and Robert Sanderson by Izaak Walton

“that the best Sermons that were ever read, were never preached.”

Izaak Walton (spoken by Izaak Walton (reporting a saying))

The Lives of Richard Hooker, George Herbert and Robert Sanderson, Life of Sanderson (Project Gutenberg #13139 (Cassell's National Library, 1898))

Portrait of Izaak Walton

Sanderson's shyness forced him to read his sermons rather than preach them from memory.

Citation: "that the best Sermons that were ever read, were never preached." — Izaak Walton, The Lives of Richard Hooker, George Herbert and Robert Sanderson, Life of Sanderson (Project Gutenberg #13139 (Cassell's National Library, 1898)). (id walton-lives-q8)

Portrait: Izaak Walton, Jacob Huysmans, Public domain.

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