Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work, rather than its defects. The passions of men have made it malignan… - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work, rather than its defects. The passions of men have made it malignant, as the bad heart of Procrustes turned the bed, the symbol of repose, into an instrument of torture.