Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[Louie S. Muir]
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01355 [3]I am trying here to describe the trip from Victoria to Port Tounsend speaking of the lovely archepelago of San Juan & Mt Baker & the grand mass of the Olympian Range -- Then spoke of the inability of most people to get into close contact with mountains etc which gave rise to these ideas - strange to say mostly entirely new to me though I have so long loved landscapes & tried to describe themPg 30"The opportunity has not yet come to me to explore these mountains, & to most of us never will come, at least in this life. And even if a fitting opportunity as to means & time & freedom from other obligations should present itself, few have the requisite physical strength to urge a way up through these rugged solitudes. How good then, & how benevolent a thing it is that so much enjoyment may be derived from landscapes a hundred miles away. As we gase from the desk of the steamer, nothing of all the life of these Olympian
Location
San Francisco
Date Original
1889 Jul 8
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir06_0131-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 06, Image 0131
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 3
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
