Creator

Jeanne [C.] Carr

Recipient

John Muir

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3are ready to look for them. And you must not prolong their days of patient waiting, -they are waiting even as you are. To be a little more se- rious dear John, (sick folks need not expect to have sense talked to them,) I be- leive fully that Nature needs us and waits for us just as we do for her. My best beloved friend says. "There are spiritual existences wh the material forms of na- ture clothe and conceal". "I had a fancy that there is a universe of spir- itual bodies and forms of which the material plant and animal are the exact counterparts in

Location

Madison, [Wisc]

Date Original

[1867] Apr 6

Source

Original letter dimensions: 25.5 x 11.5 cm

Resource Identifier

muir01_0994-let.tif

File Identifier

Reel 01, Image 0994

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 3

Keywords

John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle

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