Creator
[John Muir]
Recipient
[James Davie] Butler
Transcription
Martinez Feb. 18th, 1888- Prof. Butler My dear old friendI am delighted to see that with steady heart & hand you cab still seek & find those who love you [stricken phrase] . [ crossed out? Still pegging away at Greek by the thousand pages & getting from side to side of continents & seas with the gazing ardor & enthusiasm of youth. Happy man to so soon have learned the blessedness of action & so steadfastly] no sloth. no rush sill pegging away at Greek by the 1000 pages & getting from side to side of the continents & seas with the gazing ardor & enthusiasm of youth. Happy man Ever deep in the blessedness of action & so ever young, the light of youth & the light of age & the light of all the years between blending together into one serene Plan, & like the sunshine of a summers day becoming more beautiful more divine as the evening draws near03324
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1888 Feb 18
Source
Original letter dimensions: 27 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from [John Muir] to [James Davie] Butler, 1888 Feb 18." (1888). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 1750.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/1750
Resource Identifier
muir05_0990-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0990
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
