In criticism I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.
Source: Marginalia, in Graham's Magazine (Philadelphia), Dec. 1846.
-- Edgar Allan Poe, (Jan 19 1809-1849), US poet, short-story writer; He is famous for his mysterious, macabre stories and poems, e.g., The Gold Bug, 1843 and The Raven, 1845.