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Russell applied the methods of the new science of child psychology in his parenting, believing that a new generation of children could be reared to be independent, fearless, and free. But instead of being a model of this new generation, John became anxious, withdrawn, and eventually schizophrenic. Nor was John's daughter Lucy (who was Russell's favorite grandchild) to be a model of the new generation; gradually she grew so emotionally disturbed that, at the age of twenty-six, she took her own life. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost of Madness\u003c\/i\u003e completes the most searching examination yet published of Bertrand Russell's unique life and work. Together with Ray Monk's highly praised first volume of the biography, \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit of Solitude, \u003c\/i\u003e this is the classic account of an extraordinary man who championed the great ideas of the twentieth century and was all but destroyed by them. 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