Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Jeanne C. Carr]
Transcription
#49
00532
sympathy I am glad to see that you so healthily & happily look upon Death My own views concerning death have changed very much since I walked with Nature & I almost think of copying some thoughts for you from my note book Mrs Hutchings & I were speaking of death sorrows some time ago She said that in her opinion those were the happiest who possessed the greatest number of large griefs I wish that you were with us among these
Ever your friend John Muir
15 apr 1871
[Original letter in mounted set of letters to Mrs. Carr, #49].
[Apr., 1871]
[Letter mutilated]
... .sympathy and I am glad to see that you so healthily and happily look upon Death.
My own views concerning Death have changed very much since I walked with Mature, and I almost think of copying some thoughts for you from my note-book.
Mrs. Hutchings and l were speaking of death sorrows some time ago. She said that in her opinion those were the happiest who possessed the greatest number of large griefs. I wish that you were with us among these...
Ever your friend,
John Muir
[Year supplied as paper used is same as that in letter of Nov. 4, (1870)].
[Complete letter found in bound typewritten set of Muir-Carr letters, as follows]
Yosemite, Apr. 15th.
Dear friend:
Your note of Feb. 14th with tidings of your sorrow has just reached me. You know that you have my innermost sympathy and I am glad to see that you so healthily and happily look upon death.
My own views concerning death have changed very much since I walked with Nature and i almost think of copying some thoughts for you from my note-book.
Mrs. Hutchings and I were speaking of death sorrows some time ago. She said that in her opinion those were the happiest who possessed the greatest number of large griefs. I wish that you were with us among these mountain powers; we would go to a shadowy place and have a glorious mingling of death thoughts, but I will not try to write. Farewell.
Ever your friend,
John Muir
Location
[Yosemite]
Circa Date
[1871 Apr 15]
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Jeanne C. Carr], [1871 Apr 15]." (1871). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1371.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1371
Resource Identifier
muir02_0425-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 02, Image 0425
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
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
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. 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
Pages
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
