| Show APROPO THE PAST The Critic We remarked once before and the f Criticised Criticised- t that tat h. h at It is IS worth wort 1 1 ten y yone's years ears 0 of or orone's orones f ones one's life to learn to separate the manfrom man manfrom from his actions actions to to view a mans man's social and moral mistakes with the same spirit that one views a mans man's intellectual miscal miscal- If all had learned this now mens men's acts could be placed in the flaming tube test-tube of honest criticism without committing committing committing com com- any offense or inciting personal rancor Big is the man tod today y who can endure the hot flame of sincere criticism with grace and good will such men men are the hope of the race While some are painfully blistering under exposure to that flame they perhaps i I never suspect th that t upon learning of it the I true critic himself may feel a deeper sense of pain than they themselves have felt that the motive and the spirit of his criticism criticism criticism crit crit- may be as irreproachable as integrity integrity integrity integ integ- rity itself and that while assailing th the e action or the lack of action in language e fierce at times the true critic may hold the actor in affection and esteem The Critic Yes perhaps under pres- pres and His r Readers ent con conditions d. d wit with 1 1 t the h e rather narrow attitude men generally have toward one another there may be considerable considerable considerable consid consid- erable objection to the critics critic's being perfectly perfectly perfectly per per- honest with himself lest through being so men misjudge both him and those who are the object of his criticism Yes even truth if impolitic may itself give birth to evil In this world truth may not be truth unless dressed in the garb of policy Still the hope of the optimist is kept alive by the growing tendency to separate the man from his actions the actions the tendency v to 10 condemn the mans man's ans an's act while still stilli i loving the man and his motive |
