Talk:Henry Ward Beecher
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An author writes, "He was also rabidly anti-Catholic and was contemptuous towards Irish-Americans." "Rabidly" is a charged word, an attack word, and "contemptuous" leaves the reader hanging. What, was Beecher simply opposed to the mass immigration then coming from Ireland, or was he truly discriminatory? Encyclopedic content must be verifiable. Whoever penned this sentence is contemptuous of Beecher, as such language is not fitting for an encyclopedia entry.
[edit] Cleanup tag
I added the tag because the article has very poor flow due to the strings of quotes used instead of prose. It's interesting to read what others have said about Mr Beecher in their own words - and it may be useful to retain their actual words in some cases - but an encyclopedia article has to live or die on its own, hopefully scintillating, prose. Anchoress 03:59, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
