Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Charles Sprague] Sargent
Transcription
Martinez June 31, 1898
My dear Prof. Sargent -
I'm glad to learn you got the magnifica flowers it was all that was needed to complete the job. I went to the Tahoe woods because Miss Eastwood has been gone a week without sending me a word. & I sent the telegram knowing you would be anxious when the flower [tirns?] of these trees would soon be over.
As for thanks I was glad of an excuse to leave my confounded scribbling.
I hope your [palm?] puzzles will soon be solved. Anyhow you get no pity from me on account of the trips to the Florida tangles required. Nothing more delightful than the lonely days spent on the Florida keys did I find on my long southern ramble thirty years ago.
Soon the last vol. of your grand book will be done. Put in your best licks on it.
I greatly admire those who with every incitement & temptation to intellectual sloth amid the so-called
pleasures of the world, buckle down wisely to real work. In the prime of your life unwavering unseduced you have tramped on through Gods woods with the force & steadiness of an intellectual mastadon, & now nearing the end of your colossal job, you may henceforth saunter beneath the arms of the trees listening to their blessings with a shining face round & smooth & tranquil as the moon.
I see nothing in the way of our Atlantic trip & I thank you for planning it. If Canby goes the thing must be perfect. A [contimation?] of last years.
I sent a second box of flrs after learning that Miss Eastwood & Mr Clark & Soone had been unlucky.
Ever Yours
John Muir
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Date Original
1898 Jun 31
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1898 Jun 31." (1898). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2162.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2162
Resource Identifier
muir10_0241-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0241
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Archives, Boston, Massachusetts. 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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
