espects, an exceedingly
interesting biography of the subject of this memoir, towards the close
of which she says:

"From the numerous notices in papers of all parties and sects, I
will merely quote the following. 'The New York Observer' thus
announces his death:

"'The venerable Isaac T. Hopper, whose placid,
benevolent face has so long irradiated almost every
public meeting for doing good, and whose name,
influence, and labors, have been devoted with an
apostolic simplicity and constancy to humanity, died on
Friday last, at an advanced age. He was a Quaker of that
early sort illustrated by such philanthropists as
Anthony Benezet, Thomas Clarkson, Mrs. Fry, and the
like.

"'He was a most self-denying, patient, loving friend of
the poor, and the suffering of every kind; and his life
was an unbroken history of beneficence. Thousands of
hearts will feel a touch of grief at the news of his
death; for few men have so large a wealth in the
blessings of the poor, and the grateful remembrance of
kindness and benevolence, as he.'

"'The New York Times' contained the following:

"'Most of our readers will call to mind, in connection
with the name of Isaac T. Hopper, the compact, well-knit
figure of a Quaker gentleman, apparently about sixty
years of age, dressed in drab or brown clothes of the
plainest cut, and bearing on his handsome, manly face
the impress of that benevolence with which his whole
heart was filled.

"'He was twenty years older than he seemed. The fountain
of benevolence within freshened his old age with its
continuous flow. The step of the octogenarian was
elastic as that of a boy, his form erect as a mountain
pine.

"'His whole physique was a splendid sample of nature's
handiwork. We see him now with our mind's eye, but with
the eye of flesh we shall see him no more. Void of
intentional offence to God or man, his spirit has joined
its happy kindred in a world where there is neither
sorrow nor perplexity.'

"I sent the following communication to 'The New York Tribune':

"In this world of shadows, few things strengthen the
soul like seeing the calm and cheerful exit of a truly