Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[Sidney V.] Smith
Transcription
[Rough draft of letter found on back of voucher marked, in Muir's handwriting, Moreal Acct., Jan. 13, 1896.this voucher date probably has no bearing no date of letter itself.]
My dear Sid Smith:
I see by the newspapers that like good old Paul the Apostle at Bphesus, you are fighting with wild beasts. This is not so very hard to a clean generous soul, but 1 fear from what I read last eve that some one you loved and trusted or almost loved has been unfaithful, and gone over to the enemy. This, from my own experience, is cruelly hard to bear. But be of good cheer and stand up bravely even against this. No man in this wicked world has a right to expect smooth, level, unmixed happiness. But every man has a right to suffer and must suffer, for to teaeh us oertain lessons it seems at times necessary that the Lord should all but kill us. But be strong, nevertheless. Your reputation only yourself can hurt, and this I for one know you will never do, because I am
Location
[Martinez, Calif. ?]
Date Original
1896 Jan 13
Source
Original letter dimensions: 23.5 x 21.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [Sidney V.] Smith, 1896 Jan 13." (1896). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 6.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/6
Resource Identifier
muir09_0033-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0033
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
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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 https://www.pacific.edu/university-libraries/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
3 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
