Creator
Cha[rle]s F. Lummis
Recipient
[John Muir]
Transcription
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'em (if you can), bully 'em (as is easy), tire 'em out. Bother them till they'll be decent to get rid of you. And don't think me impudent. I can't measure up to you in anything else, but I love California just as much as you do; & all who love her must get together now to save her honor.
Always your friend
Chas. F. Lummis
[1]
[letterhead]
Feb. 20 1900
Dear Prophet:
Come, gird on the sword of Gideon. They are going to cut down our Calaveras Big Trees. They'll do it, too, unless eveny Californian who fears God gets out in the open & fights. And one blast upon your bugle horn is worth a thous-
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them. Make the Atlantic aid the cause of righteousness. We've all got to fight - or our state & our country will be a byword & a hissing forever. Even I am fighting. And if they need vigilantes to hold the trees till the slow law machine can move - why, I'll be there too. Principles are good - for those who have 'em. But I tell you when we deal with scrubs we've got to use pressure. Shame
[3]
[thous-]and men! Sound it! If you'll squeeze the Century hard enough, they'll split the "make up" enough to wedge in your protest in the very first number - & no man alive can make such a protest as you. If you will, send me a little roar & I'll get it in even sooner. If you know any "Statesmen," California or National (as of course you do) put a knife into
Location
Los Angeles
Date Original
1900 Feb 20
Source
Original letter dimensions: 21.5 x 28 cm.
Recommended Citation
Lummis, Charles F., "Letter from Cha[rle]s F. Lummis to [John Muir], 1900 Feb 20 ." (1900). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4239.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4239
Resource Identifier
muir11_0093-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 11, Image 0093
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
