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HBS Rewriting UTC MS with Dementia: That's ridiculous
In "Later Years," that HBS engaged in rewriting UTC for several hours a day, and believed herself to be writing it for the first time, is a ludicrous assertion. People who are suffering from dementia do not spend hours a day writing publishable prose. That she would repeat the same wording that she did at height of their artistic power, when it was by acclaim considered among the major literary works of the era, does not pass the smell test. The only reason that anyone would assert that is because he or she thinks slavery was was a good thing. The implied suggestion is that the original book could as easily have been written by a person in late-stage dementia, that opposition to slavery is indistinguishable from ravings. The cited Washington Post piece was almost certainly by a fan of slavery who is writing satire, for laughs. Although the article appears on a scholarly web site that documents popular responses to UTC, it is not a reliable report, as concerns the author, and does not merit inclusion as part of the Wikipedia biography. There is no evidence that the writer of the piece, in Washington Post, had access to the author, and the article is not attributed to an author. W.Raabe.American.Lit.Prof (talk) 00:08, 18 August 2023 (UTC)