He was naturally of a busy temperament: if men who knew him but slightly might think him visionary, no man could know him at all and consider him a sluggard.

We shall see in the sequel how, under extremely critical circumstances, the assertion of this principle was wrung from him by the constraining force of his interior guide.

Much of what follows illustrates this trait of character.
The letter last quoted from had not yet been sent when the answer to his announcement of June 11 reached him, and he added a postscript.
The only point in it to which he alludes or makes any direct reply is the gentle expression of his mother's disapprobation of his purpose: "Your letter and draft, brother George, came this morning.

You say mother would prefer my joining the Anglican Church.

The reasons why she prefers this are such as would doubtless govern me if I did not feel still deeper and stronger reasons to overcome them.