Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
Daniel Beard
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Camping, walking, etc. [Apr. 1907]Dear Mr Beard:I would like to encourage walking in wild places, that so our boys may gradually grow up out of natural hunting blood-loving savagery into natural sympathy with all our fellow mortals,- plants and animals as well as men. Therefore as a so-called Top Notch I would suggest something like this-WalkingThe walker making the best excursion in pure wildness. Not necessarily the longest & most dangerous excursion up the highest mountains, through the deepest woods, or across the widest torrents, glaciers or deserts; but the one however short or long, rough or smooth, calm or stormy on which the able fearless walker sees most, learns most, loves most, & leaves the cleanest track, heart & mind growing naturally like trees, gathering inspiration from everything about him & growing however slowly up out of natural savagery into natural03858
Location
[Martinez, Calif.]
Date Original
circa [1904 Apr]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir16_0731-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 16, Image 0731
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
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.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
