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 Ripley edited the American Cyclopædia, which has long been, and is likely to remain, a standard and an authority.

It was next to impossible for a man of that stamp not to have had a body which, instead of hindering, constantly helped him in accomplishing his great life's work. And the most casual look at his body showed that this was true. Listen to one who knew him for many years, and had rare opportunity in his later life for judging of his physical as well as other equipment. For he says:

And well he might. For the rich native outfit; the steady habits; the work on that farm; the handling of horses; and the years of army-life; would readily help