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woods I sit at times for hours watching birds or squirrels or looking down into the faces of flowers without suffering any
feeling of haste Yet I am swept onward in a general current that bears on irresistibly When therefore I shall be allowed to
float homeward I underlined: dinna dinna k illegible but I hope, The world as well as the M tn s is good to me my studies
flow on in a wider wider current by the incoming of many a noble tributary. Probably if I were living amongst you all you
would follow me in my scientific work but as it is you will do so imperfectly However when I visit you will all have to submit
to numerous lectures. You enquire about Merrill. he is attending the North Western University in Indianapolis, I was so fortunate
a week ago as to meet a lady from Indianapolis intimately acquainted with the Merrill family I enjoyed a two days conversation
with her in margin: Give my love to David to Mrs. Galloway all your little ones rememember as ever lovingly your brother
John Muir