"There are two sorts of eloquence; the one indeed scarce deserves the name of it, which consists chiefly in laboured and polished periods, and over-curious and artificial arrangement of figures, tinseled over with a gaudy embellishment of words. . . . The other sort of eloquence is quite the reverse to this, and which may be said to be the true characteristic of the Holy Scriptures; where the eloquence does not arise from a laboured and farfetched elocution, but from a surprising mixture of simplicity and majesty" – Laurence Sterne, Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace by Joseph M. Williams.
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