CYRIL GEORGE HOPKINS 



"I have been so intimately associated with Dr. Hopkins for more 

 than a quarter of a century that I have come to regard him more as 

 a brother than as a friend. The news of his untimely death so far 

 from home is a dreadful shock to me. 



"He not only was wise and practical, but he had a true vision 

 of the future of agriculture. He hesitated not to speak his mind 

 when convinced of the truth. He opposed error with as much 

 vehemence as he espoused the cause of right. His was a giant figure 

 in modern scientific agriculture. 



Harvey W. Wiley 

 Formerly Chief Chemist, United States 

 Department of Agriculture 



"We, in North Carolina, were greatly shocked to learn of his 

 untimely death. We realize that the Nation has lost one of its great- 

 est thinkers in agriculture. Dr. Hopkins, in the life he lived, exem- 

 plified his basic thought in permanent agriculture of returning more 

 to the soil than was taken away. He gave more than he received." 



W. F. Pate 

 Agronomist, North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station 



"In the passing of such a man as Hopkins in his prime, agriculture 

 has lost a serving scientist whose plans were builded on the solid rock 

 of truth. 



"I doubt whether his associates at Illinois realize what an inspira- 

 tion his leadership has been to the younger men in agronomy and soils 

 science, but to me at least he has always stood out as a great exponent 

 of the positive. Essentials always loomed large with him." 



H. L. Walster 

 Chairman of the Department of Agronomy, North Dakota 

 College of Agriculture and Agricultural Experiment Station 



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