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As a rule it would be the extreme of absurdity for me to venture an adverse remark on the criticism of an art critic on paintings, yet there is one single exception regarding which I may perhaps be permitted to say a word or two.

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RAE, J. Science and Art. Nature 28, 125 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/028125a0

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