Creator

John Muir

Creator

John Muir

Recipient

[Loulu Perry] Osborn

Transcription

(December 1913)

Dear Mrs Osborn; here I think are the verses you wish me to write out and which I often quoted at blessed Castle Rock.
"Life is too short to waste
In critic peep or cynic bark,
Quarrel or reprimand:
Twill soon be dark;
Up! Mind thine own aim, and
God speed the mark!"

From Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem entitled "To J. W." The first line is "Set not thy foot on qraves"-

Ever affectionately yours

John Muir

California.
December
1913-

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Location

[Martinez] Calif.

Circa Date

1913 Dec [ ]

Source

Original letter dimensions unknown.

Resource Identifier

muir21_1114-trans.tif

File Identifier

Reel 21, Image 1114

Collection Identifier

Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc

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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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

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.

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

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