Family
Both of his parents were very wealthy by inheritance. His mother inherited money from Shropshire and his father from North Ireland. It is said Betty’s father would frivolously spend his inheritance on anything, resulting in his losing a large portion of it. This loss might be a huge contribution to the extreme exploitation of his child prodigy.
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Famous quotes containing the word family:
“Nor does the family even move about together,
But every son would have his motor cycle,
And daughters ride away on casual pillions.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“A fellow oughtn’t to let his family property go to pieces.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
“The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.”
—Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936)