To criticize is to apprecia... by Henry James, an American Writer

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“To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one's own.”

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Name: Henry James

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Apr 15, 1843

Date of Death: Feb 28, 1916

Profession: Writer

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