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Show 261 neglected." Margaret's medical earnings were used to maintain her home, and incidental earnings of family members went for necessities. Roberts' stipend was split three ways: an average of about $100 a month to each of the three wives. An indication of his feeling for fairness in furnishings is found in the way he responded to Louisa's request for a grand piano (Margaret already had one of her own): "All right. But not until I can buy Celia's family one too." Was Roberts more successful in his endeavors with his life's work and with his family than Shipp was? The point is debatable. Roberts relinquished much for the causes to which he was committed. His many protracted absences from home were costly to him and to his wives and children. They, too, paid a price; in their doing so, however, there was a sense that the sacrifice was worthwhile, for they were giving him to the church and to the world in an almost apostolic calling. A similar attitude, though perhaps not so strong a one, prevailed among Milford's wives in the early years, and it called forth the same self sacrifice, the same resourcefulness. The differences between the lives of the two men were probably more pronounced in their later years. Milford suffered many disappointments. His business failures alone were so considerable that they should not be overlooked in their effect upon his later performance. Roberts, too, had his share of let-downs and had to relinquish much of his vision, but he did not seem to suffer personally to the |