tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post6924371896310947798..comments2023-11-03T07:07:55.456-05:00Comments on CoPhilosophy: Smugness and insensitivity to the deprivations imposed on the poorPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-14220380800463334742017-07-16T15:07:13.348-05:002017-07-16T15:07:13.348-05:00My guess is that Henry did have a strong sense of ...My guess is that Henry did have a strong sense of empathy or at least sympathy for the poor, but that the class rigidities and political realities of his day made it difficult for him to think of how to apply and enact his sensibility in practical ways. And, he was by nature and choice more an observer than a participant - to his discredit, in my view. He was the literary analogue to his brother's Harvard colleague George Santayana, whose spectatorial detachment drove William crazy. No wonder Henry's "late manner" of writing also drove him crazy.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.com