No musician has enjoyed so much favor with the public save Auber, whom Massenet did not care for any more than he did for his school, but whom he resembled closely.

They were alike in their facility, their amazing fertility, genius, gracefulness, and success.
Both composed music which was agreeable to their contemporaries.

Both were accused of pandering to their audiences.

The answer to this is that both their audiences and the artists had the same tastes and so were in perfect accord.
To-day the revolutionists are the only ones held in esteem by the critics.

Well, it may be a fine thing to despise the mob, to struggle against the current, and to compel the mob by force of genius and energy to follow one despite their resistance.