They were entirely different men.

Diogenes and his tub would have been Alcott's ideal if he had carried it out.

But he never carried it out.

Ripley's ideal would have been Epictetus.

Ripley would have taken with him the good things of this life; Alcott would have rejected them all." "How did he receive you at Fruitlands ?" "Very kindly, but from mixed and selfish motives.