The critic... should be not merely a poet, not merely a philosopher, not merely an observer, but tempered of all three.


in The Dial (1840)


The critic... should be not merely a poet, not merely a philosopher, not merely an observer, but tempered of all three.

The critic... should be not merely a poet, not merely a philosopher, not merely an observer, but tempered of all three.

The critic... should be not merely a poet, not merely a philosopher, not merely an observer, but tempered of all three.

The critic... should be not merely a poet, not merely a philosopher, not merely an observer, but tempered of all three.