This kind of emphasis, plus the felt necessity to adapt to the cultural
level of the people addressed, meant that the
traditional «plain style» which educated preachers of all ages had consciously striven for was in America always in eminent
danger of being
leveled into plain vulgarity — as witness the succession of revivalists from Buchard and Finney to Billy Sunday.
In any event, the result is unlike any
traditional diet found on earth, is severely deficient in nutrients and carries the inherent
danger of diets in which high
levels of protein are not supported by adequate fats.