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but it was his personal charm and 

 captivating speech that won for him 

 an immediate and enduring success. 

 Senators, representatives and govern- 

 ment officials of every grade became 

 at once his admiring friends. Fes- 

 senden, of Maine, after an evening's 

 companionship with King at Sam 

 Hooper's genial dinner- table, was 

 himself almost persuaded to be a sci- 

 entist, and professed his conversion in 

 saying, " If I were not United States 

 Senator I would be United States 

 Geologist." Another senator, on the 

 same occasion, was so charmed by 

 King's descriptive powers that he 

 confessed a strong desire to actually 

 see with his own eyes " those marvel- 

 ous isothermal lines " which King had 

 pictured to him with the fascinating 

 effect of an Aurora Borealis. Con- 

 ness, of California, was King's ardent 

 advocate and a most zealous worker 

 for his interests in all matters de- 

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