Ebook Isaac T. Hopper

Ihave not recounted his many good deeds for the mere purpose of eulogizing an honored friend. I have taken plea sure in preserving them in this form, because I cherish a hope that they may fall like good seed into many hearts, and bring forth future harvests in the great field of humanity. Most of the strictly personal anecdotes fell from his lips in familiar and playful conversation with his sister, or his grand children, or his intimate friends, and I noted them down at the time, without his knowledge. In this way I caught them in a much more fresh and natural form, than I could have done if he had been conscious of the process.