Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Katharine] Hooker
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Transcription
Martinez, Feb. 22, 1910—Dear Mrs Hooker:How high-lifting far spreading the piece of universe literature you sent me the other day! The author must have been on far more familiar terms with the universe than poor Margaret Fuller. His "Sir" how far it takes us! What a Sir!- all the hard hearted stars & their people, transcending the old poet prophets with their comparatively moderate & meek "Hear Ye Mountains" ."Hear O ye Kings, give ear O ye Princes.""Hear this, all ye people, give ear all ye inhabitants of the world""Hear O heavens, give ear O earth".I must send this precious Sir Universe speech to Mr Hale through one I fear & perhaps the busy astronomer will rank it with the Beatitudes and pronounce it Rot.We has a funny Hetch Hetchy meeting last Friday night at the Merchants Exchange Building. But first we had dinner at the[in margin: [illegible]]
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1910 Feb 22
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir19_0171-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 19, Image 0171
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
