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ooper Uniondropped flowers on his coffin. TheJife of such a man as Peter Cooper is inspiring.Contrast the life of a man who strives with untiring indus-try to accumulate a fortune to be used in doing good to hisfellow-men with the life of one who accumulates a fortune byquestionable means for… … Mary Lyon 44 MARY LYON 1797-1849 On the 28th of February, 1797, in the httle town ofBuckland, amid the mountains of western Massachusetts,was born one who was, all things considered, perhaps themost remarkable woman our country has produced. ToMary Lyon is due far greater honor than has yet…
