EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS FROM COLLEAGUES 

 AND FORMER STUDENTS 



"His going will be a great loss, almost an irreparable one as we 

 think of it. He has done a wonderful work for the farmers of Illi- 

 nois and for the whole country as well, and it is extremely regrettable 

 that his life should now have been sacrificed in his high-minded pur- 

 pose to bring aid to another country in time of distress." 



E. W. Allen 

 Chief, Office of Experiment Stations 



"I am shocked to read in Science of the death of Dr. Hopkins. 

 This is a real calamity. You will have the sympathy of all the 

 workers and friends in the field. 



"I trust that the notes and studies of his observations in Greece 

 are intact and will be available for publication." 



L. H. Bailey 



"Equipped for his life work with unusual physical and mental 

 powers, which he kept in condition by an absolutely clean and relig- 

 iously moral life; with a love for truth which could brook no de- 

 parture from that standard; with an industry that took no account 

 of the size of the task before him; with an altruism which placed 

 the helping of others far above his personal comfort, he made for 

 himself a place in the respect and esteem of his compeers and of his 

 students, both those of the classroom and of the farm, that can never 

 be measured by any money valuation. 



"I count it one of the great privileges of my life to have had his 

 friendship and his counsel." 



Charles E. Thorne 

 Director, Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station 



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