Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Louie Muir]
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Transcription
To my friend R. U. Johnson."Nature loves the number five" Four conundrums & a doggerel1 Why is R. U. J's Kindness like a grasshopper? Because it makes the earth beautiful and few know how it is done2 Why is it like a star? Because it is steadfast and ever in bloom3 Why is it like the ocean? Because it is boundless, endless, & sublime4 Why is it like a glacier? Because nothing can stop it and it discharges in big chunksO for a lodge in some vast frigeration, some boundless contiguity of frost some boreal prarie Icy, Airy, Where sultry heat from old Manhattan's shore might never reach me more01693
Location
New York
Date Original
1893 Jun 22
Source
Original letter dimensions: 30.5 x 21 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir07_1140-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1140
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
