1S(5R.] r^QQ [Lesley. 



prehension of the springs of prejudice, with such reverence for 

 whntever was true and noble in the lives and hearts of the most 

 prejudiced — that he could be the adviser and the friend of all. 



In politics, he said himself, that he was a Federalist. " Read 

 the Federalist, and j'ou will learn what I think." At a dinner 

 given 1)3^ the Maryland Historical Society, at Baltimore, in Feb- 

 ruary-, 1853, he had occasion to reply to some violent and inflam- 

 mator}^ political remarks which fell from Senator Toombs of 

 Georgia, who was one of the guests. Mr. Crittenden, who was 

 also present, coming round the table to where Mr. Foulke was 

 sitting, said that he wished to introduce himself to a gentleman 

 who had reproved treasonable sentiments in so patriotic and 

 forcible, and yet so controlled a manner. To the day of his 

 death his treatment of those whom he considered the enemies 

 of the rvcpublic, was marked by a mixture of fearless sincerity 

 and gentlemanly courtesy. In the vehemence of his feelings I 

 never heard him use a harsh or ill-bred expression. A more lov- 

 ing, aftectionate heart never beat. He was the tenderest of 

 hus})ands and fathers. 



It is not for me to enter more deeply into his inner life. He 

 always expressed respect for the established forms of worship, 

 while professing his entire independence of established creeds. 

 The same moderation which characterized his mental estimate 

 of the ultimate value of scientific attainments, those made by 

 even the best thinkers, in view of the infinite copiousness, com- 

 plexity and obscurity of the facts of the material world, equally 

 characterized his estimate of the absolute finality of theologi- 

 cal opinions based upon a discussion of invisible and spiritual 

 things, the final causes of the universe, and the eschatology of 

 schoolmen. He seemed to hold fast only by the moral prin- 

 ciples of Cliristanit,y, the evident wisdom and goodness of God', 

 the perfect adaptation of the Christian Gospel to remedy the 

 evils and guide the upward progress of human life, the beauty of 

 personal virtue, and the harmonious concurrence of reason and 

 religion. 



To this essential religious side of his character fitted his 

 aesthetic sentiment, a keen appreciation of the beauties of nature, 

 and a pure taste in high art. His private letters from the 

 romantic scenes of our rennsylvania mountain country breathe 



