Notwithstanding the numerous calls upon his time, made by public and private business, he did not lose his sweet cheerfulness of temper, and was ever ready in his most busy moments to aid others, if he saw a possibility of so doing." Energy, gentleness, conscientiousness and courtesy were seldom, if ever, blended in such suave accord as in him.

These virtues came out, each in its distinctive lustre, under the trials and vexations which try human nature most severely.

All who knew him marvelled that he was able to maintain such sweetness and evenness of temper under provocations and difficulties which would have greatly annoyed most men.

What he was in these outer circles of his influence, he was, to all the centralization of his virtues, in the heart of his family.

Here, indeed, the best graces of his character had their full play and beauty.