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it with literature of the same kind, and on the basis of such judgment and com—parison assigns it to its proper place in literary history.—KARL ELZE (G. & S.). :(c) The most profitable criticism is that broad and philosophical general discussion which is illustrated by such authors as Coleridge or Arnold which brings us into contact with a more theoretical and aesthetic range of ideas, and so widen our intellectual and artistic world. —E. T. MCLAUGHLIN.

(d) The test of good writing is the author's contribution to the spiritual wealth of mankind.—GEORGE ELIOT.
(e) The use of criticism in periodical writing is to sift, not to stamp a work.—MARGARET S. FULLER.
(f) The only criticism worth reading or writing is that which narrates the adventures of an ingenious and educated mind in contact with masterpieces.—A. LANG.

Nodyn:4 A. 1. Beth ydyw'r gwahaniaeth rhwng Celfyddyd a Natur?

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(a) "Art is a part of Nature."—Yr Athro R. G. MOULTON.