very much, and, in fact,
did him much wrong with them. It was a scrofulous condition of the
stomach, and [52] when developed by taking cold, it was something
dreadful to hear him describe. The effect was to make entirely another
man of him. He who was affluent in means and disposition became suddenly
not only depressed and melancholy, but anxious about expenses, sharp
with the courier upon that point, and not at all agreeable as a
travelling companion. But when the fit passed off, which seemed for
the time to be a kind of insanity, his spirits rose, and his released
faculties burst out in actual splendor. He became gay; he enjoyed
everything, and especially the scenery around him. I never knew before
that his aesthetic nature was so fine. He said so many admirable things
while we were going over Switzerland, that I was sorry afterwards that
I had not noted them down at the time, and written a sheet or two of
Phillipsiana. His countenance changed as much as his conversation, and
its expression became actually beautiful. There was a miniature likeness
taken of him in London. I went to see it; and when I expressed to the
artist my warm approval of it, he said: "I am glad to have you say that;
for I wanted to draw out all the sweetness of that man's face." [FN]

One of the most distinguished persons in Dr. Channing's congregation
was Josiah Quincy, who, during his life, occupied high positions in the
country, and of a very dissimilar character,--

[FN: the point in this is that Mr. Phillips' features were of singular
and almost repellent homeliness till irradiated by thought or emotion.
M. E. D.]

[53] Member of Congress, Mayor of Boston, and President of Harvard
University, all of which posts he filled with credit and ability;
always conscientious, energetic, devoted to his office, high-toned,
and disinterested. He was a model of pure and unselfish citizenship, and
deserves for that a statue in Boston.

When Mr. Quincy was a very old man, I asked him one day how he had come
to live so long, and in such health and vigor. He answered: "For forty
years I have taken no wine; and every morning, before dressing myself,
I have spent a quarter of an hour in gymnastic exercises." I adopted
the practice, and have found it of great benefit, both as exercise, and
inuring against colds. It is really as much exercise as a mile or two
of walking. President Felton said: "After that, I can let the daily
exercise take care of itself, wi