James D. Hague 



of which, in a somewhat earnest dis- 

 cussion of the matter, he once said, 

 " I would never marry a woman any- 

 how, just because I said I would. That 

 is the poorest possible reason men or 

 women can ever have for marrying 

 each other. People who marry with- 

 out any better reason than that must 

 surely come to grief." 



Although King gained his highest 

 distinction in scientific pursuits, he 

 would undoubtedly have achieved 

 great eminence in any other vocation 

 which he might have chosen. He 

 possessed marvelous intellectual ver- 

 satility, with great facility in thought 

 and rare felicity in expression. He 

 excelled especially as a critic, both in 

 literature and art, and seemed to be 

 endowed with the gift of genius in 

 the aesthetic faculty. As connoisseur 

 he expended large sums of money in 

 buying objects of art for wealthy 

 friends in America and England. He 

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