Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
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41Martinez May 3, 1895My dear Mr Johnson.To both your questions the answer is No. I hate this personal rubbish & I have always sheltered myself as best I could in the thickest shade I could find, celebrating only the glory of God as I saw it in nature.The foundations for the insignificant stories you mention are as far as I know about as follows. More than 20 years ago Prof. Runkle was in Yosemite & I took him into the adjacent wilderness & of course night & day preached to him the gospel of glaciers. When he went away he urged me to go with him saying the Institute of Technology in Boston was the right place for me, that I could have the choice of several professorships there & every facility for fitting myself for the duties required etc etc.Then came Emerson & more preaching. He said Don't tarry too long in the woods. Listen for the word of your guardian angel,Bancroft Library
Location
Martinez [Calif]
Date Original
1895-05-03T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir08_0977-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 08, Image 0977
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. 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
