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The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work.

Margaret Fuller
Writing, Criticism, Use
Margaret Fuller (1846). “Papers on Literature and Art: A short essay on critics. A dialogue. The two Herberts. The prose works of Milton. The life of Sir James Mackintosh. Modern British poets. The modern drama. Dialogue, containing sundry glosses on poetic texts”, p.5
The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work.