i do not wish to do an injustice to a great man who is now no more, a man who did so much for the world and who could spell the longest word without hesitation, but i speak of these things just as i would expect others to criticise my work. if one aspire to be a member of the literati of his day, he must expect to be criticised. i have been criticised myself. when i was in public life, as a justice of the peace in the rocky mountains, a man came in one day and criticised me so that i did not get over it for two weeks.