But everybody who knew him at that time must recall his charming amiability.
"I think that he did not remain at Brook Farm for a whole year, and when later he went to Belgium to study theology at the seminary of Mons he wrote me many letters, which I am sorry to say have disappeared.

I remember that he labored with friendly zeal to draw me to his Church, and at his request I read the life and some writing of St.Alphonse of Liguori.

Gradually our correspondence declined when I was in Europe, and was never resumed; nor do I remember seeing him again more than once, many years ago.

There was still in the clerical figure, which was very strange to me, the old sweetness of smile and address; there was some talk of the idyllic days, some warm words of hearty good will, but our interests were very different, and, parting, we went our separate ways.

For a generation we lived in the same city, yet we never met.