THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA. 57 



" His stature was rather above the middle size, and 

 upright. His visage was long, and his countenance expres- 

 sive of a degree of dignity, with a happy mixture of 

 animation and sensibility. 



" He was naturally industrious and active, both in body 

 and mind, observing that he never could find more time 

 than he could employ to satisfaction and advantage, either 

 in improving conversation, or in some healthy and useful 

 bodily exercise ; and he was astonished to hear men com- 

 plaining that they were weary of their time, and knew not 

 what they should do. 



" He was born and educated in the sect called Quakers. 

 But his religious creed may, perhaps, be best collected from 

 a pious distich, engraven by his own hand, in very 

 conspicuous characters upon a stone placed over the front 

 window of the apartment which was destined for study and 

 philosophical retirement. 



*'IT IS GOD ALONE ALMYTY LORD 

 THE HOLY ONE BY ME ADOR'D 

 lOHN BARTRAM 1770." 



" A man of great liberality in his religious opinions, he 

 used to say that man's whole duty was comprised in the 

 three-fold injunction : ' Do justice, love mercy, and walk 

 humbly before God.^ 



" He never coveted old age, and often observed to his 

 children and friends that he sincerely desired that he 

 might not live longer than he could afford assistance to 

 himself ; for he was unwilling to be a burden to his friends, 

 or useless in society ; and that when death came to perform 

 his office, there might not be much delay. 



