Creator
Mary J. Arnold
Recipient
John Muir
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Lakeport, Cal. Jan 14, 1907Dear John MuirThe greater the man, the simpler the title, Bless your kind heart to remember me with a "New Year greeting".I have only looked at the pictures for the present, anticipating much pleasure and interest in perusing the book I was under an intense nervous strain all day and as twilight deepened into darkness I sat alone watching the snow flakes falling and thinking "what is life", what am I, that I should be ground to powder and almost crushed out of corporeal existence and no one to understand what one, suffers; To move and grind as the great glaciers are grinding". Then I thought "I must need it, else it would not be" Just then the old man came with the mail and when I opened your book I said "This is my compen03815
Location
Lakeport, Calif.
Date Original
1907-01-14 00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25 x 20.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir16_0545-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 16, Image 0545
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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.
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
