AT HOME AGAIN IT was the middle of August, 1843, when Isaac Hecker once more took up his residence with his family in New York.

His first endeavor was to sink back again as far as possible into the old routine of business.
"To-morrow I commence to work," he writes on the evening of his return.

"My interior state is quiet and peaceful.

I have not met any one yet.

My dear mother understands me better than any one else.