Meetings with Clarence King 



THOSE who knew Clarence King 

 better than I must have more 

 varied impressions of him, for no one 

 presents at all times the same moral 

 and mental aspect to his familiar ac- 

 quaintance, though he is apt to wear 

 it to such as have no claim to his in- 

 timacy. For his intimates his moods 

 vary and his looks, while he shows 

 one physiognomy to those standing 

 farther from him, whatever his mood 

 may be. I say this not to establish a 

 truism, but to let the reader under- 

 stand how little right I should have, 

 if I were of a mind to urge any, to 

 speak of King with authority, or any 

 sort of finality. What I could chiefly 

 wish besides would be to impart the 

 sense of a certain sunny gayety in 

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