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During Howard's youth his parents ' relationship began to break down.

The Howard family had problems with money which may have been exacerbated by Isaac Howard investing in get-rich-quick schemes.

Hester Howard, meanwhile, came to believe that she had married below herself.

Soon the pair were actively fighting.

Hester did not want Isaac to have anything to do with their son.

His mother Hester had a particularly strong influence on his intellectual growth.

She had spent her early years helping a variety of sick relatives, contracting tuberculosis in the process.

She instilled in her son a deep love of poetry and literature, recited verse daily and supported him unceasingly in his efforts to write.