Creator
Anna R. Dickey
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
[2]shown in your Father's treatment of his boys pains me but perhaps inured you to the hardships you were to meet on mountain and glacier in later life. All physiques could not have endured burdens such as were put upon you. On the other hand we seem to have swung the pendulum far to much the other extreme and youth today is weakened by indulgence and lack of reverence and the finer fiber it seems to me.Donald is getting off on a two months trip to Ojai and desert tomorrow under contract to Mr. Damson. he sold[1][letterhead]Dear Mr Muir,Your good letter and the book Boyhood days reached me last week and both were welcomed with enthusiasm in the Dickey home I assure you. I have read most of the latter in the Atlantic but mean to go through it again now I have it as a complete chapter in your life experience. the Scotch mistaken sense of discipline02367
Location
Pasadena [Calif.]
Date Original
[1913] Mar 30
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16.5 x 26 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir21_0247-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 0247
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
