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-
05620
Location
[Martinez] Calif.
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Loulu Perry] Osborn, 1913 Dec ?." (1913). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4199.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4199
Resource Identifier
muir21_1114-trans.tif
File Identifier
Reel 21, Image 1114
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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
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
