I am bound by my own definition of criticism a disinterested endeavor to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world. (Matthew Arnold)

I am bound by my own definition of criticism a disinterested endeavor to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world.

Matthew Arnold

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