Clarence King — Geologist 



progress during the following months 

 that, after several changes of climate 

 in the vain hope of ameliorating his 

 condition, he finally passed away, 

 quietly and without suffering, on the 

 24th day of December in the year 

 1901. 



It was part of his characteristic 

 unselfishness that he effectually dis- 

 couraged all offers on the part of 

 friends and relations to visit him — 

 visits which might have cheered his 

 last lonely days in that far distant 

 region. 



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