No work deserves to be criticized that has not much in it that deserves to be applauded.
The method of the critic is to balance praises with censure, and thus to do justice to the subject and--his own discrimination.
The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave.
The legitimate aim of criticism is to direct attention to the excellent. The bad will dig its own grave, and the imperfect may safely be left to that final neglect from which no amount of present undeserved popularity can rescue it.
