The faults of character which sometimes created people's difficulties were far less repellent to Caryll than those faults which make for success in this world.
–from Maisie Ward's biography of Carryl Houselander
I feel exactly the same way. Yet I have to consider whether there is a bit of envy in it.
I don’t know. I always feel sorry for the second group because they have so much less chance of realizing that they need to rely on God. They are really so much poorer than the first group.
AMDG
Which makes their faults (though not themselves) all the more repellent, surely?
Yes, but having read the book, I think that she was talking about the people that had the faults, although it’s been a while and I might be wrong.
AMDG
Sorry for the silence. I’ve been travelling and have had only occasional net access. It’s true that Caryll H found found it difficult to relate to the people themselves when those faults were involved. I’m sure she would have agreed in the abstract that they deserved pity, but one gets the impression she couldn’t muster the actual feeling.
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