Biographical Notice 



the faculty of expression and power 

 to inspire enthusiasm. From her he 

 received also, besides his literary and 

 artistic tastes and critical perceptions, 

 an ardent hatred of slavery, and a 

 clear foresight of the impending ' ir- 

 repressible conflict ' of the Civil War." 



In May, 1863, together with his 

 friend Gardiner, whose health had 

 been somewhat impaired by over- 

 study, he started for California, in- 

 tending to make the journey on 

 horseback from St. Joseph, Mo., then 

 the most western railway-terminus. 



This adventurous journey, taken in 

 connection with King's subsequent 

 career, reminds me irresistibly of a 

 feature in the life of General William 

 T. Sherman — a man possessed of 

 the same tireless activity, hunger 

 for new knowledge and faculty of 

 perceiving, comprehending, retaining 

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