willingness to be wholly unrecognized as a friend of the
afflicted, it is not too much to say that no man was ever less
desirous of public praise or outward honor. He was even
unwilling that any care should be taken to preserve the
remembrance of his features, sweet and beautiful as they were,
though he was brought reluctantly to yield to the anxious wish
of his children and friends that the countenance on which every
eye loved to dwell, should not be wholly lost when the grave
should close above it. He loved to talk of interesting cases of
reform and recovery, both because those things occupied his
mind, and because every one loved to hear him; but the hearer
who made these disclosures the occasion for unmeaning
compliment, as if he fancied a craving vanity to have prompted
them, soon found himself rebuked by the straightforward and
plain-spoken patriarch. Precious indeed were those seasons of
outpouring, when one interesting recital suggested another, till
the listener seemed to see the whole mystery of prison-life and
obscure wretchedness laid open before him with the distinctness
of a picture. For, strange as it may seem, our friend had under
his plain garb--unchanged in form since the days of Franklin, to
go no further back--a fine dramatic talent, and could not relate
the humblest incident without giving it a picturesque or
dramatic turn, speaking now for one character, now for another,
with a variety and discrimination very remarkable. This made his
company greatly sought, and as his strongly social nature
readily responded, his acquaintance was very large. To every one
that knew him personally, I can appeal for the truth and
moderation of these views of his character and manners.

"A few biographical items will close what I venture to offer
here.

"Isaac T. Hopper was born December 3, 1771, in the township of
Deptford, Gloucester county, New Jersey, but spent a large
portion of his life in Philadelphia, where he served his
apprenticeship to the humble calling of a tailor. But neither
the necessity for constant occupation nor the temptations of
youthful gaiety, prevented his commencing, even then, the
devotion of a portion of his time, to the care of the poor and
needy. He had scarcely reached man's estate when we find him an
active member of a benevolent a