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and it is now (in 1809) going well at my house in Ireland.' Edgeworth now enjoyed the pleasure of having an intelligent companion, and says: 'My wife had an eager desire for knowledge of all sorts, and, perhaps to please me, became an excellent theoretic mechanic.

Mechanical amusements occupied my mornings, and I dedicated my evenings to the best books upon various subjects.

I strenuously endeavoured to improve my own understanding, and to communicate whatever I knew to my wife.