Fools lament the decay of criticism . For its day is long past.
Criticism is a matter of correct distancing.
It was at home in a world where perspectives and prospects counted and where it was still possible to take a standpoint. Now things press too closely on human society. The 'unclouded,' 'innocent' eye has become a lie, perhaps the whole naive mode of expression sheer incompetence. Today the most real, the mercantile gaze into the heart of things is the advertisement.