Creator
John Muir
Recipient
R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson
Transcription
"Nature loves the number five". Four conundrums & a doggerel To my friend R. U. Johnson
Why is R. U. J's Kindness like a grasshopper's track? Because it makes the earth beautiful and few know how it is done.
Why is it like a star? Because it is steadfast and ever in bloom.
Why is it like the ocean? Because it is 'boundless, endless & sublime'.
Why is it like a glacier? Because nothing can stop it And it discharges in big chunks.
John Muir
New York
June 22, 1893.
Location
New York
Date Original
1893 Jun 22
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson, 1893 Jun 22." (1893). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 942.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/942
Resource Identifier
muir07_1138-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 07, Image 1138
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The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust.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, click here to view the Holt-Atherton Special Collections policies.
Owning Institution
Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript 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
