Only the critic judges in face of the author. Polemics mean to destroy a book in a few of its sentences. The less it has been studies the better. Only he who can destroy can criticize. X. Genuine polemics approach a book as lovingly as a cannibal spices a baby.
Artistic enthusiasm is alien to the critic.
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