Remarriage more positive evaluations of their lives compared to divorced individuals who remain single. While divorced couples have a higher risk of developing a wide range of physical and mental health problems, remarrying may attenuate, but not eliminate, some of these health risks. Second Marriages: Triumph of decision over hope? It is often assumed that second marriages are riskier than first marriages - “The triumph of hope over experience” as popularised by Samuel Johnson in 1791. A new analysis of data commissioned from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) challenges this assumption. In fact, second marriages overall do consistently better than
A Biographical Sketch of Dr Samuel Johnson as every great genius relaxes himself among his inferiors, meets with some who wonder how so young a man can talk so wisely." On 13 December 1784, Samuel Johnson died. In response to his death, the "Gentleman's Magazine" ran "A Biographical Sketch of Dr Samuel Johnson" for their December issue. The work was written in the short time between the death and the printing. Although it was the first biographical work on Johnson, the first full-length biography would be published by Murphy in 1787. Tyers used his "Biographical Sketch" to discuss Johnson's mental state, but not everyone agreed with the