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“But I am in the woods woods woods and they are in me-ee-ee”

In the fall of 1870, Muir stopped in what is now known as the Merced Grove of Giant Sequoias in Yosemite National Park. At this point in Muir’s life, he is becoming a part of the nature that he studies.

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Letter from John Muir to Jeanne Carr. [Fall 1870]

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[John Muir]

10-01-1870

[1] Squirrelville [Autumn, 1870] Sequoia Co Nut timeDear Mrs Carr Do behold the king in his glory, King Sequoia. Behold! Behold! seems all I can say Sometime ago I left all for Sequoia & have been & a..

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[1] Squirrelville [Autumn, 1870] Sequoia Co Nut timeDear Mrs Carr Do behold the king in his glory, King Sequoia. Behold! Behold! seems all I can say Sometime ago I left all for Sequoia & have been & am at his feet fasting & praying for light, for is he not the greatest light in the woods ; in the world. Where is such columns of sunshine, tangible, accessible, terrestrialized. Well may I fast, not from bread but from business, bookmaking, duty doing & other trifles, & great is my reward already for the manly treely sacrifice. What giant truths since coming to gigantean, What magnificent clusters of Sequoic becauses From here I cannot recite you one, for you are down a thousand fathoms deep in dark political quagg, not a burr length less. But I'm in the woods woods woods, & they are in me-ee-ee. The King tree & me have sworn eternal love - sworn it without swearing & Ive taken the sacrament with Douglass Squirrell drank Sequoia wine, Sequoia blood, & with

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circa [1870 Fall]

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Original letter dimensions: 25 x 39 cm.

[Jeanne C.] Carr

The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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/Ho..

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

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