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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Pathology of Lying, Etc. by William and Mary Healy: on account of the removal of the family we have no further
history of him. Intellectually and in his family and home
background he presented a remarkable phenomenon. His parents
were old-country peasants who just before Robert was born came to
the United States. The father had never been to school in his
life and could not read or write. Here he was a laborer; before
immigration he had been a goose-herd. The mother was said to
have had a little schooling at home and could read and write a
little in her native language. In 15 years in the United States
she had failed to learn to speak English. It is needless to say
that our knowledge of the forebears is almost nil. Inquiry about
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