Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Robert Underwood] Johnson
Transcription
[in margin: 30.00
mdr
59]
Martinez, March 27 1898
My dear Johnson
You are incorrigible. You should go to Alaska nothing less cooling than things hyperborean will cure you.
I still look for lots of good work from Pinchot. His differences with Sargent on Forest administration I dont much mind, but his giving way like snow in than to the sheep owners & political agents of forest robbers is mighty discouraging. He told me last summer that in his opinion sheep in moderate numbers did no harm to Washington & Oregon forests. But if any are allowed all will push in. Nowhere are the destructive effects of sheep & shepherds more deplorably displayed than in the forests of the Cascades. Thank heaven we have at least one unspoilable reservation in the North. Come on let us go to it, retreat from your editorial battles into the peaceful society of Polar bears & the storms of the Arctic Highlands. 'Here bring your wounded heart' [to?]
Ever yours truly
John Muir
*As to forest administration costly experience indicates that any scheme excluding the military will be a dismal failure however able & faithful the directing experts may be.
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1898 Mar 27
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Robert Underwood] Johnson, 1898 Mar 27." (1898). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2079.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2079
Resource Identifier
muir10_0123-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0123
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, Special Collections, University of Virginia 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
