Doubtless criticism was originally...

Henry wadsworth longfellow - doubtless criticism was originally benignant,...
Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work rather that its defects. The passions of men have made it malignant, as a bad heart of Procrustes turned the bed, the symbol of repose, into an instrument of torture.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


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