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HISTORY VIII.--M.N., aged 30. "My grandfather might be said to be
of abnormal temperament, for, though of very humble origin, he
organized and carried out an extremely arduous mission work and
became an accomplished linguist, translating the Bible into an
Eastern tongue and compiling the first dictionary of that
language. He died, practically of overwork, at the age of 45. He
was twice married, my father being his third son by the second
wife. I believe that two, if not more, of the family (numbering
seven in all) were inverted, and the only one of them to marry
was my father. My grandmother was the last representative of an
old and very 'wild' Irish family. She died at an advanced age, of
paralysis. My father was 36 and my mother 21 at the time of their
marriage. I was born three years after and was their only child.
The marriage proved a most unhappy one, they being utterly
unsuited to each other in every way.
"My father's health during the first years of his marriage was
very delicate, and I have reason to believe that it had been
undermined in certain ways by his life abroad.
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