He said, 'I am a good deal of a Quaker in my conviction that a light comes to me to dictate to me what is right.' We stayed about an hour, and we were afraid it would be too much for him; but Miss Johnson, his cousin, who lives with him, assured us that it was good for him; and he himself said that he was sorry to have us go.
"One thing that he said, I noted: that his fancy was for farm-work, but he was not strong enough; he had as a young man some literary ambition, but never thought of attaining the reputation which had come to him.
"July 31, 1883.

I have had two or three rich days! On Friday last I went to Holderness, N.H., to the Asquam House; I had been asked by Mrs.T.to join her party.

There were at this house Mr.Whittier, Mr.and Mrs.
Cartland, Professor and Mrs.Johnson, of Yale, Mr.Williams, the Chinese scholar, his brother, an Episcopal clergyman, and several others.

The house seemed full of fine, cultivated people.

We stayed two days and a half.
"And first of the scenery.