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The Subject Of This Memoir, And Author Of The Work Which Follows It,
Was Born In Goodge Street, Tottenham Court Road, London, On The 5th
Of February, 1832. He Was My Elder Brother By About Eighteen Months.
Our Father And Mother Had Once Been Rich, But Through A Succession Of
Unavoidable Misfortunes They Were Left With But A Very Moderate
Income When My Brother And Myself Were About Three And Four Years
Old. My Father Died Some Five Or Six Years Afterwards, And We Only
Recollected Him As A Singularly Gentle And Humorous Playmate Who
Doted Upon Us Both And Never Spoke Unkindly. The Charm Of Such A
Recollection Can Never Be Dispelled; Both My Brother And Myself
Returned His Love With Interest, And Cherished His Memory With The
Most Affectionate Regret, From The Day On Which He Left Us Till The
Time Came That The One Of Us Was Again To See Him Face To Face.