Creator
John Muir
Recipient
J[oseph] C. Powell
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Transcription
wh. gave -. world a Homer & a Milton. The oral [tradition?] -. uncultivated man were - germs - written history, & science found its origin -. State - primitive society, when - earth was new, & every animal was obliged to assert its rights to life & perpetuity, on the same basis - external condition; nude - body, & undeveloped - mind. How comes it that man alone, the very weakest in infancy; the most helpless - physical structure, to assert might over multitudes monsters - form; our enemies armed - nature - terrific power; amid xtremes - heat & cold; has survived & conquered wilderness - earth, & planted - standard - Divinity over every portion -. habitable world. To me, the answer - speculative metaphysics- too cold & meaningless. Tho' To day, its doctrines claim - applause -. highest intellects, & - popular approval: to-morrow, they may be forgotten, as - tide - sciences moves on, throwing new light toward - nebulae -. unknown world. The [faith?] that - within me, based on convicte & reason, - - that power wh. - "same yesterday, to-day & forever"
Location
Martinez, Calif.
Date Original
1901 Oct 15
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir11_0891-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0891
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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 4
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
