I am bound by my own definition of criticism: a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world.
Source: Essays in Criticism, First Series, 'Functions of Criticism at the Present Time'
-- Matthew Arnold, (Dec 24 1822-1888), English poet, critic; He was an Oxford professor, known for his poem Dover Beach, 1853 and as a crusader for classicism.