This is a locomotive of a traction express train, equipped with two pairs of exquisite large axles, with light, brisk wheels connected by steel arms, a broad chest, and a majestic long face. Everything is logical, everything is correct, this metal "creature" possesses supreme beauty, showcasing a delicate use of capability. Jack loved the locomotive, gave it a female name, and always addressed it affectionately as Liché.
——Emile Zola, "Beast in Man"
Great Dumas angrily denounced the damage caused to the entire publishing industry by various underground cheap, inferior publications. Whether it was the writers of Britain, France, or Germany, writers from all over the world rarely reached any consensus on articles and viewpoints.
Their evaluations of each other usually wandered between "stinking rubbish too rough even to wipe with" and "a masterpiece beyond compare, something I could never write in my lifetime."
