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Jacob, who was still financially responsible for his mother, brother, and younger siblings, accepted a post in Paris as research assistant to von Savigny in 1805.
On his return to Marburg he was forced to abandon his studies to support the family, whose poverty was so extreme that food was often scarce.
He took a job with the Hessian War Commission.
In a letter written to his aunt at this time, Wilhelm wrote of their circumstances, " We five people eat only three portions and only once a day ".

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