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Russia. For these reasons in 1880 Charles returned 

 with them to St. Petersburg and once more undertook 

 the management of the business there, which he soon 

 raised again into a flourishing condition. His two 

 daughters have married in Russia; his son assists him 

 in the management of the business, so far as a disease 

 of the eyes, with which he is unfortunately afflicted, 

 allows. Charles's own health has been quite restored 

 since quitting England. He himself, as well as the 

 firm under his management, which is now chiefly 

 occupied with arrangements for electric lighting and 

 transmission of force, hold a highly esteemed position 

 in Russia. 



The youngest brothers Walter and Otto both died 

 in Tiflis, and rest in the same grave. Walter died, 

 as I have already stated, in consequence of a fall 

 from his horse. He was a fine stately man, with 

 pleasing ways, which quickly made him popular in the 

 Caucasus; to us brothers he always showed the greatest 

 attachment. Otto succumbed some years later to his 

 feeble health, of which he had not always been suf- 

 ficiently mindful. He was a highly gifted man of sterling 

 worth, but did not always possess the requisite self- 

 control and strength of character, and has therefore 

 often been a cause of anxiety to us older brothers. 

 When he had contracted a serious lung disease in 

 London, where he was to be prepared under William's 

 guidance for a technical career, we sent him for a 

 voyage round the world in a sailing ship, in the hope 

 that this would effect a cure. He arrived in apparently 



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