They are made by one who is only too conscious of being subject to the very same conditions, and who knows not how far he may need indulgence on the same score himself.

How far his own work is tainted with the spirit of advocacy it is not for him to say.

He knows well that the author whom he has set himself to criticise is at least a writer of remarkable vigour and ability, and that he cannot lay claim to these qualities; but he has confidence in the power of truth--whatever that truth may be-- to assert itself in the end.

An open and fair field and full and free criticism are all that is needed to eliminate the effects of individual strength or weakness.

'The opinions of good men are but knowledge in the making'-- especially where they are based upon a survey of the original facts.