Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[Sidney V.] Smith

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[Rough draft of letter found on back of voucher marked, in Muir's handwriting, Moreal Acct., Jan. 13, 1896.this voucher date probably has no bearing no date of letter itself.]My dear Sid Smith:I see by the newspapers that like good old Paul the Apostle at Bphesus, you are fighting with wild beasts. This is not so very hard to a clean generous soul, but 1 fear from what I read last eve that some one you loved and trusted or almost loved has been unfaithful, and gone over to the enemy. This, from my own experience, is cruelly hard to bear. But be of good cheer and stand up bravely even against this. No man in this wicked world has a right to expect smooth, level, unmixed happiness. But every man has a right to suffer and must suffer, for to teaeh us oertain lessons it seems at times necessary that the Lord should all but kill us. But be strong, nevertheless. Your reputation only yourself can hurt, and this I for one know you will never do, because I am

Location

[Martinez, Calif. ?]

Date Original

1896-01-13T00:00:00

Source

Original letter dimensions: 23.5 x 21.5 cm.

Resource Identifier

muir09_0037-trans.tif

File Identifier

Reel 09, Image 0037

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

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