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112 When McKinley spoke at home of remaining in the army, his parents and his sisters at once protested. He had been a soldier long enough, they said, and he had better turn to something else. He thought the matter over for several weeks, and then went to his mother.

"So you think I had better give up the army?" he began.

"Yes, William, I do. The war is over, and you can do better, I am sure."

"All right, then, mother, I'll give it up."

"And what do you think of doing?"

"I'm going in for law—if I can get the opening," he made answer.