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Of all his qualifications dissimulation was his masterpiece; in which he so much excelled, that men were not ordinarily ashamed or out of countenance, in being but twice deceived by him ".
However, as a conciliator he eschewed controversy and rejoiced that he was " called up to this high station, at a time, when spite, and rancour, and bitterness of spirit are out of countenance; when we breathe the benign and comfortable air of liberty and toleration ."
The work was badly received : the Conservatoire orchestra opposed, the audience " ice-cold ", the critics bewildered ( the reactions ranged from " unreserved enthusiasm " to " systematic disparagement " ), and many of Franck's fellow composers completely out of countenance towards a work " which by its general style and even certain details " ( for example, use of an English horn ) " outraged the formalist rules and habits of the stricter professionals and amateurs . " Franck himself, on being asked whether the symphony had any basis in a poetic idea, told Louis de Serres, a pupil, that " no, it is just music, nothing but pure music . " According to Vallas, much of its style and technique ( both good and not so good ) can be attributed directly to the centrality of the organ in Franck's thinking and artistic life, and Franck profited from the experience . " He confided in his pupils that from thence on he would never write like that again ."