Creator
Geo[rge] T. Elliot
Recipient
John Muir
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[3][illegible] - partly though their own winning ways, and partly through their power to stir the imagination - into sympathy with the vast Spirit of Nature. To love even these little things is not to waste one's life; for in losing one's life in this way one often unexpectedly finds his human sympathies cleaner and keener through his nature-sympathies. I beg your pardon; I ought not to [see?] the silence of the forest aisles with my suburban peeping voice; but I am sure you will understand the spirit, if the voice can only peep.Geo. T. Elliot.[1]88 [Dunbay?] St.Brighton, Mass. 10/17/02Dear John Muir:-I am a boy of almost fifty, who, thanks to your pen, have played with you a great deal. I have been with you on the Alaskan glacier; I have made friends with the rattlesnake in Yo-Semite; I have shared your tramp with [Brownie?]; I have slept out with you under the sky, until I think I ought to tell you the name of one more of those (and there are a great many of them, all over the English-speaking world) who have the habit of saying "Dear John Muir". And then I want you to play a minute with me - this way. I love the woods and the hills, and though I 03078
Location
Brighton, Mass.
Date Original
1902 Oct 17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 26 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir12_0722-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0722
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
