CRITICISM

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Thomas Carlyle addressed these
words to the Frenchman Voltaire:
“Have you only a torch for destruction?
Have you no hammer for building?”
tures that are on trial.”

Found in A TREASURY OF SERMON ILLUSTRATIONS, CHARLES L. WALLIS · chunk wallis_aa

The point

Carlyle asked Voltaire: "Have you only a torch for destruction? Have you no hammer for building?" Criticism without construction is incomplete.

Scripture

Proverbs 14:1

Audience

Adults

Tone

Challenging · Wise

To tell aloud

under a minute · 27 words

Subjects

Judgment Wisdom Criticism

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