Creator
Susanne F. Tyndale
Recipient
[Joseph ?] Pickard
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Transcription
[2]taste in common is a fresh bond - [revealer?] forming a sort of platform for meeting ever after. Not that I wish to feel sure that I gauge your pre-occupations - you are well protected by being so far-away - but you know we have to construct our friends & their personalities, as the scientist often must the fossil animal - from a single bone - But after all, nothing in life is [in margin: 376] so satisfactory as that mysterious relation discovered in the possession of a single enthusiasm & the possibility of friendly intercourse which develops out it. There is nothing one can be so sure of - and so with best wishes for the New Year, let me again thank you [Enclosed in letter of J. C. Pickard, Jan. 7, 1902 [1]]Brook Knoll Weymouth - Mass.Dec 22, 1901Dear Mr Pickard,I dont suppose you had any distinct idea of widening our horizon by setting us down or rather by lifting us up into the mountains with your friend John Muir, but the result remains, and we both acknowledge ourselves your debtor for the introduction. Novel and interesting as his account of physical characteristics is, I am as much swayed or more, by the fine unconscious traits, & evidence of spiritual kinship with nature. I am glad that I owe my acquaintance to you, for the discovery of every06199
Location
Weymouth, Mass.
Date Original
1901 Dec 22
Source
Original letter dimensions: 17.5 x 27 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir11_1041-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 1041
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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.
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
