Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[James Davie] Butler
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Transcription
Martinez Feb. 18th 1888.Prof. Butler, My dear old friend steadfast & true. I am delighted to see that with steady heart & hand you can still seek & find the friends who love you. No sloth, no rust. Still pegging away at Greek by the thousand pages & getting from side to side of the continents & seas with the gazing ardor & enthusiasm of Youth Happy man. Ever deep in the blessedness of action, & so ever Young; the light of Youth & the light of age & the light of all the years between blending together into one serene glow, & like the sunshine of a summer day becoming more beautiful more divine as the evening draws near.And Mrs Butler is "in far better health than [in?] years" and all the children are well and the boys regard frozen mercury as a warning that they must seek a colder climate
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1888 Feb 18
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir05_0992-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0992
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Wisconsin Historical Society. 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
