In the beginning, our chief divergence related to the cultivation of the feelings.

Roebuck was in many respects very different from the vulgar notion of a Benthamite or Utilitarian.

He was a lover of poetry and of most of the fine arts.

He took great pleasure in music, in dramatic performances, especially in painting, and himself drew and designed landscapes with great facility and beauty.

But he never could be made to see that these things have any value as aids in the formation of character.