Letter from John Muir to A. Bradley Brown, 1856

Creator

[John Muir]

Recipient

[A.] Bradley [Brown]

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and abject with the consciousness of poverty as well as with hunger and cold. But life is sweet and you knock. The lord of the princely mansion listens. You knock again, he opens the door, he sees you are wretched, he speaks kindly to you and leads you in. For a time he forgets his gay company as he gets you dry clothing and food and all the comforts and cordials his fine mansion affords He watches over you too as you begin to revive as tenderly as the fond mother over her sick child; And when at length you have recovered under his kind care, he sends you on your way with a glad heart. Ah Bradley would you ever forget that man? Would after joy or grief, hope or fear, bright prosperity or gloomy adversity, friends old or new, or time itself ever push him or blot him out of your heart? No Bradley though you should live long afterwards, and travel far, and meet many a stormy change of fortune, through all the tossings and beatings to & fro on lifes changeful sea, up and down, back & forward, among those who might hat you, or those 00082

Location

Hickory Hill, Wisc.

Date Original

1856

Source

Original letter dimensions: 24.0 x 19.5 cm

Resource Identifier

muir01_0023-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 01, Image 0023

Copyright Status

Copyrighted

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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