Probably he was trying to fit her for life early or felt his request was mild in comparison with the privation and suffering he had seen. He was a dauntless believer in his religion to which he clung with patriotic fervor. His hopes and desires were nobly exalted to the welfare of the great cause which continually inspired his gifts of free labor. At the time he became converted to the Gospel, smoke and drink became vices to him, and only the mild habit of tea drinking showed evidence of his "unenlightened" past. For his profanity he patiently substituted the coined expression, "Brother, take it to Hanover!", which he used till it was worn thin with frequent utterance. From the nervous fighting of his fingers, it was evident that he felt an inadequate conveyance for expression when giving a public performance, but he persevered unceasingly in his simple speech. It was his conviction, "There is no such thing as 'It can't be done'", that kept him from retraction. When he was stirred to anger through deep humiliation because of the acts of his children, he scorned and rebuffed with no lack of gusto, and not until he felt their wrong was righted did he slip off his mark of anger. If it weren't for his keen sense of justice, he might have misjudged a motive but he carefully analyzed both sides of trouble, then exercised his dogma. He was strictly independent, and disliked borrowing, though he freely loaned or gave to his fellow man. When a married daughter asked him to share a meal, he refused, saying that she was doing well to take care of her own family. When his convert friends arrived from England, he staked out homestead land for them and helped them make their start. He despised laziness. He was anxious for his family to fit themselves for a full productive life, to appreciate the advantages of this fruitful desert, God's county. He frankly faced the arrest for the charge of polygamy, but felt a pang of remorse when he thought of his name being linked with crime. He had a reverent respect for the United States and relished no part in provoking her disapproval. He was so pleased and proud when he became a citizen of the United States.