Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Charlotte H.] Kellogg
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Transcription
Surely nothing in the golden coronation glory over the sea could surpass it in uncontrolable fraternal alma mater gladness and loyalty.The next memorable morning we donned our academic robes and marched to the great hall where the degrees were conferred. I had perhaps the best seat on the platform, and when my name was called, I arose with a grand air befitting the occasion shook my academic plumes into finest fluting folds & stepped forward in awful majesty and stood rigid serene and solemn as an ancient Sequoia while the orator poured praise on the honored wanderer's head.And I think I had better leave the wanderer in this heroic attitude.With love to you friends three I am ever faithfully affectionatelyJohn Muir[in margin: Address 850 Madison AvenueNew York City]N. Y.June 27 1911 -My dear dear Mrs Kellogg.In re re reading your charming letter of May 25th telling in such sprightly witty triumphant style your happy mothery housekeeping I always feel that you are working too hard. I know that mother-love radium can work miracles just as Nature love radium of the Scotch Kind lifts mountaineers bodies with only crumbs of bread to the highest summits as if they were light as thistledown.But somehow I always feel that those I love most should have good rest and good substantial meaty nourishment and avoid
Location
New York
Date Original
1911 Jun 27
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir20_0422-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0422
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
