He was one of the few men who kept Massachusetts and New England
from rushing down the steep place and perishing in the waters,
as the herd of swine was doing,--a son worthy of the Fathers
of New England. I think of him as a kind of tall pillar,
on a foundation of such granite solidity as to quiet all fears
of possible moving therefrom. He was an example--and became
by his S. Carolina mission a conspicuous one; by his attitude
and demeanor, opposing the whole moral power of the North
to the despotic and insolent assumptions of Slavery.
Yours very truly,
SAML MAY.
My father, in everything that related to his own conduct,
was controlled by a more than Puritan austerity. He seemed
to live for nothing but duty. Yet he was a man of strong
affections, unlike what is generally deemed to be the character
of the Puritan. He was gentle, tolerant, kindly and affectionate.
He had all his life a large professional income. But he never
seemed to care for money. In that respect he was like one
who dwelt by the side of a pond, ready to dip up and to give
its waters to any man who might thirst.
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