Creator
Geo[rge] Hansen
Recipient
[John Muir]
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GEO. HANSENLANDSCAPE ARCHITECT2705 HEARST AVENUE, BERKELEY, CAL.ADVISORY ARCHITECT TO PARK COMMISSIONS,MUNICIPALITIES AND CHEMETRY ASSOCIATIONSSpt.20th., 1902.My dear Sir, What a beautifull thing to be alone just the[illegible]n when you ought to be alone from company of strangers, those that you do not feel like embracing and shedding your tears a on their necks. But I wished for wife and babe when your letter, your message of sound and echo from hill-tope and valley banks came to me this morning. But the mother in called away to cheer the old and very sick mother up home in [illegible]- County, and the babe, of course, had to go along to shed sunshine and heaven's hope into the sould of the brave old pioneer that faced the plains in '50. So I was alone, as I had sent away to market the lady that takes care of my wants while alone. If only my legs were limber, I feel sure I would have sunk on my knees as I have not done since a boy. But I had to satisfy my overflowing heart in cries and sobs, and then feel stranger and more eager to work than ever. Cripple that I am, I could not dream of a man on the globe that could tempt me to change mv lot. Not even you, wholesouled friend, a man so overwhelming in his frankness, in his naturalness as you, you protege or the sequoias . I have a wife as noble an the sugar-pines that she is born under, and a child, that is as I told you "just a California sapling ". To win to [illegible] care and tenderness of her and to guard and care for the growth of the latter : could a man seek more sacred duties ? Since I walk on fours, I an like a child, I an closer to the ground, and I feel that I am stranger than when I walked " erect", and was less conscious of the bottom that gave me life.Do not let me write more today. It is only a few weeks since I an up from a sickbed, so weak that the good wife had to turn me to change my[03057]
Location
Berkeley, Calif.
Date Original
1902 Sep 20
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 21.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir12_0648-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0648
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
