MEMOIRS
EDITED BY HIS WIFE,
ELLA LORD HOPSON
CINCINNATI
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
1887
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Copyright, 1887, by
STANDARD PUBLISHING CO.
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TO THE MEMORY OF
Mrs. Sally J. Fife,
TO WHOSE WORTH AND LOVING GUIDANCE
HER SON HAS BEEN WONT TO ASCRIBE ALL
THE SUCCESS OF THE LIFE WHICH IT HAS BEEN MY
PLEASURE TO RECORD IN THESE PAGES, THIS VOLUME
IS AFFEC-
TIONATELY INSCRIBED. THE MOTHER IN HER OFFICE
HOLDS THE KEY OF THE SOUL; AND SHE IT
IS WHO STAMPS THE COIN OF
CHARACTER."
ELLA S. HOPSON.
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