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
Irving Johnson Dr. Christopher B. Sheldon. Dr. Sheldon's experience on board the ill-fated brigantine "Albatross" served as the basis for the film "White Squall" (1996). Capt. Johnson also mentored yachtsman Jim Stoll, who became one of the directors of the Flint School. Irving Johnson Irving McClure Johnson (July 4, 1905 – January 2, 1991) was an American sail training pioneer, adventurer, lecturer, and author. Johnson was born in Hadley, Massachusetts, the fifth child of the author Clifton Johnson and Anna Tweed McQueston. Early home movies show him training for a life at sea, climbing a telephone pole in his backyard, and wrestling