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convictions into the practices of daily life.
Some of Isaac's relatives and friends thought he de-. voted rather too much time and attention to philanthropic missions, but Nicholas Waln always stood by him, a warm and faithful friend to the last.
He was a true gentleman, of courtly, pleasing manners, and amusing conversation.
Notwithstanding his weight of character, he was so playful with the children, that his visits were always hailed by them, as delightful opportunities for fun and frolic.
He looked beneath the surface of society, and had learned to estimate men and things according to their real value, not by a conventional standard.
His wife did not regard the pomps and vanities of the world with precisely the same degree of indifference that he did. She thought it would be suitable to their wealth and station to have a footman behind her carriage.
This wish being frequently expressed, her husband at last promised to comply with it. Accordingly, the next time the carriage was ordered, for the purpose of making a stylish call, she was gratified to see a footman mounted.
When she arrived at her place of destination, the door of her carriage was opened, and the steps let down in a very obsequious manner, by the new servant; and great was her surprise and confusion, to recognize in him her own husband!
Jacob Lindley, of Chester county, was another frequent visitor at Friend Hopper's house; and many
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