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Day was an eccentric figure who lived for a short time
at Stowe House.
A charming character, if something of an intellectual
lightweight alongside other members of the Lunar Society, he is today remembered
for his children's book 'Sandford and Merton', an educational work
inspired by the teaching of Rousseau.
Much of his life was taken up with attempting to find
an ideal wife, to which end he brought up two orphan girls following the
most contemporary progressive education system.
It needs hardly saying that he failed in his efforts,
though towards the end of his life a more conventional marriage to Esther
Milnes, a Derbyshire lady, brought both partners a great deal of happiness.
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