My First Summer in the Sierra.

Authors

John Muir

Files

Kimes Entry Number

296

Original Date

2-1-1911

William and Maymie Kimes Annotation

This portion of Muir's journal increasingly reveals him as a worshipper of wild nature. He writes: "Another inspiring morning; nothing better in any world can be concieved. No description of Heaven that I have ever heard or read seems half so fine." On June 23rd he penned these poetic words that have since charmed his multitude of admirers: "Oh, these vast calm measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest. Days in whose light everything seems equally diving, opening a thousand windows to show us God. Never more, however weary, should one faint by the way who gains that blessing of one mountain day; whatever his fate, long life, short life, stormy or calm, he is rich forever." Selections are taken from no. 299, pp. 77-152.

Publication

The Atlantic Monthly, v. 107, no. 2

Page/Column

pp. 170-181

Recommended Citation

Muir, John, "My First Summer in the Sierra." (1911). John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986). 336.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmb/336