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... critic is deservedly in- fluential and what he said in this article has been very generally repeated . In another moment of frankness I informed my readers that I was un- usually competent . One would think that except for this the critics ...
... critic is deservedly in- fluential and what he said in this article has been very generally repeated . In another moment of frankness I informed my readers that I was un- usually competent . One would think that except for this the critics ...
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... critic to compensate himself for hu- miliations he has suffered in his early youth . Criticism affords him a means of regaining his self - esteem . Be- cause at school , unable to adapt himself to the stand- ards of that narrow world ...
... critic to compensate himself for hu- miliations he has suffered in his early youth . Criticism affords him a means of regaining his self - esteem . Be- cause at school , unable to adapt himself to the stand- ards of that narrow world ...
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... critic has a great per- sonality . It is dangerous for him to look upon his activity as creative . His business is to guide , to ap- praise , and to point to new avenues of creation , but if he looks upon himself as creative he will be ...
... critic has a great per- sonality . It is dangerous for him to look upon his activity as creative . His business is to guide , to ap- praise , and to point to new avenues of creation , but if he looks upon himself as creative he will be ...
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