View the whole scene, with critic judgment scan, And then deny him merit if you can. Where he falls short, 'tis Nature's fault alone Where he succeeds, the merit's all his own.

He didn’t at all see why the busy bee should be proposed as a model to him; he supposed the Bee liked to make honey, or he wouldn’t do it — nobody asked him. It was not necessary for the bee to make such a merit of his tastes.

There's always merit to having a debate.

Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man.

There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is far worse or much harder to win.

There's always merit to having a debate. That is the point of the whole (educational) process, putting out opposing viewpoints.