CYRIL GEORGE HOPKINS 



be fatigued. His endurance, energy, and activity seemed to 

 be without limit, and always he seemed under inspiration. 



The conditions under which he performed his notable work 

 were very strenuous, trying, and full of discomfort, but he 

 never complained. Whenever I complained, he would say, 

 "They could be worse." Never was he melancholy, unhappy, 

 or pessimistic. He was a real and true soldier. 



Doctor Hopkins was a great lover of nature, a keen and in- 

 quisitive observer, and was endowed to a high degree with a 

 sense of humor. Amid his labors he took time to climb many 

 mountains and delighted his heart with the works of nature. 

 He was always alert and observed everything. He was quick 

 and keen to see the humorous side of life and took great delight 

 in telling humorous stories. I have never known a man who 

 had such an inexhaustible supply of stories of the highest 

 quality. I believe there was nothing he said which he could 

 not illustrate with a story. 



Doctor Hopkins was a modest, unselfish, and democratic 

 man. The Greek Government offered to set aside a special 

 car for him to travel and the municipal authorities in the 

 different cities of Greece requested the Government to notify 

 them what day Doctor Hopkins would arrive at their re- 

 spective cities so that they could receive him officially and 

 entertain and honor him. Doctor Hopkins, however, always 

 declined these and similar offers. He would go quietly into 

 a region, do his work, and when he was ready to leave he 

 would go and pay his respects to the mayor or governor and 

 then depart. 



Doctor Hopkins was a kindly man, gentle, sympathetic, 

 considerate, courteous, congenial, tolerant, lovable, and a most 

 wonderful companion. His moral and ethical standards were 

 unexcelled. He was clean, straight, sincere, loyal, and honest. 

 He always followed and practiced the motto never to do any- 

 thing that he could not honestly justify. The people of 

 Greece admired him, loved him, idolized him, and worshipped 



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