Creator
Susan Merrill Farnam
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[4]
for years have formed part of our [lives?]- Shall they go back into the blackness and the blankness [of ?] nothing? If not asking too much I should like an expression of your convictions on this subject. I saw you in Yosemite in 1872. We have some ferns growing under our dining room window that you & Mrs Carr bought from La[illegible] Farm- and you planted them. Mrs [illegible] was speaking of them to-day. She sends her kindest remembrance. I hope you remember me- and that sometime I may know your ideas on the two questions mentioned above. Yours Cordially Susan Merrill Farnam
[1]
P.O. box 75 Fruitvale June 14- '03
John Muir
Dear friend
I have just read the delightful article about you in the Outlook for June [6?] and I am more than glad that to one of earths [limitation?] it is given to make so much out of a single life. I count it one of the blessing of my life to have seen and known you in your favorite Yosemite - and many of the things you said then are stored in my memory and I sometimes repeat them -
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[2]
It gives one comfort to know that you find a God in nature- So many of our wise men and philosophers get lost in the mists of doubt - that often their conclusions - or their questionings cast a shadow over the life l[illegible] f[illegible]th - of those who read - I wish I could know more of your ideas on this very subject. I have been looking over into the [illegible]er l[illegible] the past few months - and my soul has sometimes been in darkness.
[3]
"My heart and my flesh cry out for the [illegible] god" It would give me comfort to know that one who has studied nature as you have, find Him there. Another question - The idea of anything being "lost" is intensely painful to me. the spirit of man - the life of a tree - and specially of an animal - Is it to go out into nothingness [illegible] [illegible] this life, God given - to continue to exist. These beautiful, intelligent dogs, that
Location
Fruitvale [Calif.?]
Date Original
1903 Jun 14
Source
Original letter dimensions: 18 x 23.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Farnam, Susan Merrill, "Letter from Susan Merrill Farnam to John Muir, 1903 Jun 14." (1903). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2659.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2659
Resource Identifier
muir13_0658-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 13, Image 0658
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
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Copyright Statement
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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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
