Lasell leaves . ood but sadlymisinterpreted, and his life becomes most un-happy. We cannot think of this character ashuman, as one that we would be likely to meet;we feel that Shelton is simply created by Gals-worthy to illustrate the point that he is tryingto make clear. In fact, all the characters areunreal; but each is well and artistically definedas a type,—the wanderer, the radical, the slaveto convention. Galsworthy is a great thinker: he weighs asubject carefully, regards it from all points ofview, but his opinion, once decided, we feel isunflinching. His plays, as his books, deallargel
Lasell leaves . ood but sadlymisinterpreted, and his life becomes most un-happy. We cannot think of this character ashuman, as one that we would be likely to meet;we feel that Shelton is simply created by Gals-worthy to illustrate the point that he is tryingto make clear. In fact, all the characters areunreal; but each is well and artistically definedas a type,—the wanderer, the radical, the slaveto convention. Galsworthy is a great thinker: he weighs asubject carefully, regards it from all points ofview, but his opinion, once decided, we feel isunflinching. His plays, as his books, deallargely with one subject, the hypocrisy of thedifferent classes of society. In his contemptfor the content with sameness, we find hisphilosophy a bit dangerous, for he does notfear nor hesitate to destroy the balance andcontrol which have been acquired by genera-tions of experience. Nevertheless, I believe Galsworthy is one ofour greatest writers, for he forces us to reflecton the problems he presents. Mary
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