On this planet, more than 1.5 billion people speak English as their mother tongue, and 2 billion people are learning to use English, but you don't know, the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, the writer of the continuation of the acknowledgment, is not only a madman, but also a murderer.
It all started with an American man named Miner, who had been a medic and officer in the U.S. army, because of the effects of the war at that time, suffering from traumatic stress disorder when he retired from the army, the illusion of being hunted down by the Irish had been tormenting him, in order to get redemption, he fled to England, but his illness began to worsen and even hallucinated, and he shot an innocent citizen on the spot that morning, although Miner relied on mental illness and escaped the punishment of the law, but he could only stay in a mental hospital to be tortured. His illness was temporary, and the madman who was awake had a superhuman intelligence and goodness, and he relied on his experience on the battlefield to save a guard who had been pierced through the thigh by an iron fence, and because of the proper measures, the man retained a life. At the same time, this move gained the trust of the hospital, and from then on it was replaced by a simple double room to a luxurious villa, with endless books and painting tools.
He sent all his pension to the deceased's wife, Alyssa, to get rid of the situation of selling herself, the child at home making a living from matchboxes, and at the suggestion of the warden, he let this woman meet Miner, who originally wanted to take revenge, but when she saw What Miner looked like, she left with more complicated emotions, at this time Miner found Murray's appeal letter in the book sent by the guards, when the United Kingdom was writing the first edition of the English dictionary, the editorial board adopted the method of national participation, so that all the people in The United Kingdom could collect definitions of entries for the dictionary. Sent to the editorial team by sending a letter, Miner saw the letter and couldn't believe it, praised Murray for being a ridiculous and remarkable madman, and proposed to the Dean that he needed a lot of books, a lot of paper and pencil, he had been in the dark for too long, Murray's appearance made him feel that he could dispel the darkness until the light appeared in the world, Miner wrote entries in the mental hospital, both on the wall and on the ground were plastered with sticky notes, he bundled up the envelope, let the Dean send the letter he wrote to Oxford University, although the two had not yet met, But the two souls had collided with each other.
During this time, the belongings that Miner sent to the widow of the victim were gradually accepted by her, and after the poor woman came into contact with him, she forgave the same poor man and brought him books, when Miner further asked Alyssa to read the sentences for him, and Alyssa turned around and wanted to leave, Miner realized that Alyssa was illiterate, so he taught her to read and guided her into a new realm of wisdom, but the beauty did not last long, and with the passage of time, the heart also quietly changed, and they fell in love. The frenzy of shame and guilt tore Miner to shreds, and every time he dreamed back in the middle of the night, Dr. Miner seemed to see George standing in front of the window and said with a look of indignation, You killed me, and now you are going to snatch my beloved wife, and every time you look at the note in your hand that Eliza wrote to herself, if you love, then what? As if it were only one night, Dr. Miner's condition became more severe, and he began to constantly dodge, constantly trying to hurt himself, and at this point, Miner's desire to survive completely collapsed.
Dr. Murray was the son of a 14-year-old linen merchant who dropped out of school before becoming the editor-in-chief of the Oxford English Dictionary, but through self-study, he learned to speak more than Chinese, Murray's outstanding talent shocked the representative of Oxford University Press, Dr. Murray, who got the opportunity for academic development, went home and told his wife the news, Ida, although she was also helpless, she thought it was not wise to give up her teaching position and stable life to do a hard job, which was not wise, but still supported her husband's choice, so the family moved to Oxford. At the beginning of the compilation of the Oxford Dictionary, when a large number of new words appeared with new things, and trying to find the source of each word was like finding a needle in a haystack, this huge project could take 100 lifetimes for others to do, so Dr Murray took another way, calling on the people of the whole Of England to participate in this project, let them read the material to find the difficult word at the time of compilation, and attached a quotation explaining the word, and finally wrote it on a note and sent it back to Oxford such as the word applive.
Murray's assistant was almost driven crazy, he looked for almost all the quotations that could be consulted and found no trace, just the word A was trapped, which made him feel that it was simply impossible to challenge, but Murray said that he would never miss any word, maybe when a person made up his mind to do something, the whole universe will help you, soon there was a turnaround, Murray found a big savior, he received a volunteer thick envelope, this volunteer not only found the relevant citation of appliroe, There were also 1,000 word creeds, all quoted accordingly, clear and organized, and the volunteer, who signed Dr. Meyna, had only a simple appeal for him to reply.
Since then, Murray and Miner have become close friends in correspondence, until the first fascicle of the Oxford Dictionary led by A was published, Murray excitedly went to Find Miner to share the fruits of their labor, he came to the mental hospital where Miner was staying according to the address on The Letter, he originally thought that Miner was the director of a mental hospital, he did not know that Miner actually suffered from schizophrenia, Miner was very surprised when he saw Murray, changed his usual death, touched Murray's beard like a child, and only then did they meet and talk happily. Murray shared the fruits of his labor with Miner, they sat on a winter bench, two similar souls finally united, during the discussion between friends, Miner showed his shackles to Murray, Murray realized that Miner is not a doctor here, but a mental patient, the widow at this time also felt that the time was ripe, so she took her children, together to visit Miner, Miner greeted the widow's children one by one, and the eldest daughter slapped Miner, which surprised many people.
Because this slap Miner's condition worsened, the frenzy of shame and guilt tore Miner to pieces, using iron tablets to cut off his calves alive, because Miner suffered from mental illness and also carried human lives, Miner subconsciously thought that he was not worthy of a lover, and did not continue to compile the Oxford Dictionary, and Murray's competitors, together with Miner's attending physician, pretended to give Miner vomiting treatment, but actually took the opportunity to take pictures of Miner's indecent, they wanted to let everyone know, and Murray wrote an English dictionary together. Is a terrible mental patient, and when the Oxford Dictionary led by A dictionary published, was picked out by other universities, this matter came out, it was hyped up by the newspaper, Murray was still dismissed, but at this time, he did not care about work, but in the mental hospital tortured friend Miner, Murray took Eliza, went to visit him together, no emotion, no words, no action, this is Eliza shook Murray's hand, "If love, then love", hearing this sentence In The look in Meina's eyes, Finally there is some brilliance.
At the tireless efforts of Murray and Eliza, they applied to the court to let Miner out of the mental hospital, but they refused to be released, and Murray went crazy and begged home secretary Churchill again and again, hoping to give Miner a chance to live, "This is a complex man who has suffered and grieve, he is a life, so he deserves respect." Churchill was moved and decided to release Dr. Miner, but considering the international and domestic pressure, he could only deport Dr. Miner and let the Americans manage his people, hearing Murray here, excitedly expressed his heartfelt thanks to the Prime Minister, and after returning home, Dr. Meyner continued to exchange letters with Professor Murray, until Professor Murray died of illness, and on January 1, 1928, the Oxford Dictionary finally came out, and Murray compiled all the entries from A to T, and Dr. Meyner's contribution was also great. Meyner sent nearly 10,000 quotes, a workload far greater than that of a professional scholar.