Thirty years after the American Civil War, Britain in 1896 was preparing to compile a supreme book of the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary, but the work was too arduous. The end of a lifetime is a long way off—until Dr. Murray comes along. Instead of recruiting a large number of academics, he proposed that all those who knew English should contribute to the project by letter.
Dr. Miner, a military doctor who was traumatized by the Civil War, suffered from paranoia and schizophrenia during the tragic war. When he fell ill, he accidentally killed an innocent father and was sentenced to life imprisonment in a mental hospital.
When he was sober, Miner was a prudent and erudite intellectual. With his extraordinary medical skills and conscience, he saved a guard's life at a critical moment and won the respect of the staff of the mental hospital.
He was condemned by his conscience day and night, and in a mental hospital, he desperately wanted to make amends for the widow of the deceased and his six children.
Redemption is not easy. It is easy for a person to be forgiven by others, but cannot be forgiven by himself. For a kind soul, it is better to save others and save yourself first. Miner keeps begging the guard to use himself for himself and the Milly family. The pension expresses his intention to make up for it, and finally impresses Mrs. Millie to see him. But it didn't do anything for his own redemption and Mrs. Millie's redemption.
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