a divided mind. He admired immensely his father's talents
and the single-minded energy with which he improved them.
But in the paternal philosophy there was something that
disquieted
and oppressed the young man, and made him gasp inwardly for fresh
air
and free action.

At times, during his college course and his years at the law
school,
he had yielded to this impulse and broken away--now toward
extravagance
and dissipation, and then, when the reaction came, toward a
romantic
devotion to work among the poor. He had felt his father's
disapproval
for both of these forms of imprudence; but is was never expressed
in
a harsh or violent way, always with a certain tolerant patience,
such as one might show for the mistakes and vagaries of the very
young.
John Weightman was not hasty, impulsive, inconsiderate, even
toward his
own children. With them, as with the rest of the world, he felt
that he
had a reputation to maintain, a theory to vindicate. He could
afford to
give them time to see that he was absolutely right.

One of his favorite Scripture quotations was, "Wait on the Lord."