Creator
G[rove] K[arl] Gilbert
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
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Portland, Sept. 8, 1899
My dear Mr. Muir
It naturally gave me pain to note that your abiding forth in glaciers seemed to leave little room for faith of another order and I resolved to apply the antidote at the earliest opportunity. There will come to you by mail from the publisher a little volume entitled "Inquirendo Island", for which I bespeak your warmest attention. as a lady recently wrote me regarding "Sartor
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resartus", you should so far as possible empty your mind of preconceptions when you open the book so as to approach it in a condition of childlike reciprocity - and let it sink into your soul, so to speak.
I had hoped to reach Martinez at about the same time as the book but am detained by some shadowy glaciers that refuse to declare them positively as either myths or veritable
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shades of the departed.
However my hope is merely deferred not surrendered, and I shall follow this line in a few days.
Sincerely Yours
G.K. Gilbert
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Location
Portland
Date Original
1899 Sep 3
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 12.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Gilbert, Grove Karl, "Letter from G[rove] K[arl] Gilbert to John Muir, 1899 Sep 3." (1899). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2440.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2440
Resource Identifier
muir10_0965-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0965
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
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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.
Pages
1 page
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
