狄金森（Dickinson）和心理上一样，在心理上和心理上是亚当斯（Adams）的对立面：高大又高昂，肤色有些灰白，是有意的举止，表达了他在Quaker Elite中的社会地位的信心，并在伦敦的法院旅馆内进行了法律培训。
(Physically as well as psychologically, Dickinson was the opposite of Adams: tall and gaunt, with a somewhat ashen complexion and a deliberate demeanor that conveyed the confidence of his social standing in the Quaker elite and his legal training at the Inns of Court in London.)