Gerome and even Bougereau with his soft-core nudies are admirable. They knew who they were and in what time they lived. People who live fantasies flirt with madness. A brief survey of the intelligent people throughout history should disabuse you of any notion that they were nice guys. A clear view shows reality and niceness are almost opposites.
Intelligent men are most often the productive members of society.
A productive member of society is one who repairs or improves something that requires improvement. All change is done from a basis of negativity. DON'T LIKE cancer. It should be stopped. The nicest thing to say about Thumper and his philosophy was that he made up into a great cartoon rabbit stew.