 He defines Urechia's reply as "gauche and prolix".While he criticizes Urechia's views on history, literary historian Z. Ornea believes that he was justified in opposing "Junimist" "exclusivism", especially when rejecting Maiorescu's theory that the state needed to redesign its educational system by closing down universities and building more primary schools.Maiorescu himself answered to his critics in another article, detailing their rebuttals and arguing that they were proof of "ignoratio elenchi".