He learned to 'empathize with' the poor.
(..) that our society bestows on women... to marry, to have children, to smile when you feel incapable of smiling. If you can empathize with that, you know better than most that that poor young woman with an empty baby carriage did not form herself. (..)2018 TvShow: The Alienist Title: These Bloody Thoughts Season: 1 Episode 4