Creator
John Muir
Recipient
William Trout
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Transcription
[Page 1b] less native talent than you. & the same is true of a good many others, especially among old country people. There is not one American in a thousand who could ever be of any account, nourish and educate them as you may, but in the obscure loves and byways of life, back among the cold shadows, there are many good, strong, pure souls who seem defrauded of the conditions of development, like seed upon poor ground. Yet, nevertheless, when I think of the real happiness of those who are blessed with contentment back in the solitudes, who have no artificial wants to provide for; and how little is often contained in what is called a successful life. I am the more reconciled to the fact that men like you remain unknown to the great noisy world and then you are at least a leader in
Location
San Francisco, Calif.
Date Original
1877 Apr 22
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 23 cm.
Resource Identifier
1877 Apr 22 JM to WT
File Identifier
MSS 2 M953t Trout
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
1877 Apr 22 JM to WT p 1b
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
