Creator
Mary Sargent
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
[3]
of your daughter, and that if and when you can come, we may see you again in Brookline.
Very affectly yours,
Mary Sargent
[1]
August 16th
Seafield
Wood's Hole
My dear Mr. Muir -
News reached me last night from my father of your great and irreparable loss. I know that this is no time to intrude, and yet I cannot forbear sending you a word of love and sympathy.
03613
[2]
--- wishing that words of sympathy were not such vain things, and could lay a touch of healing on wounded lives. Believe me I feel very deeply with you and for you -- may God's strength sustain you, and God's peace comfort you.
I have ever remembered one of your own sayings "So long as we love a person enough, neither time, nor distance can really separate us from them." In the knowledge of such an indisoluble tie we can, thank God, rise above the limitations of time, and taste in advance the joys of eternity.
I trust that you have good news
Location
Seafield, Wood's Hold
Circa Date
[1905] Aug 16
Source
Original letter dimensions: 16 x 24.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Sargent, Mary, "Letter from Mary Sargent to John Muir, [1905] Aug 16." (1905). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 3400.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/3400
Resource Identifier
muir15_0691-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 15, Image 0691
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
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
