Title:
Letter from G[rove] K[arl] Gilbert to John Muir, 1899 Sep 3.
Creator:
G[rove] K[arl] Gilbert
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1899 Sep 3
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir10_0966-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 20 x 12.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Portland
Rights:
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Transcription:
1 Portland, Sept. 8, 1899 My dear Mr. Muir It naturally gave me pain to note that your abiding forth in glaciers seemed
to leave little room for faith of another order and I resolved to apply the antidote at the earliest opportunity. There will
come to you by mail from the publisher a little volume entitled Inquirendo Island , for which I bespeak your warmest attention.
as a lady recently wrote me regarding Sartor 02616 2 resartus , you should so far as possible empty your mind of preconceptions
when you open the book so as to approach it in a condition of childlike reciprocity - and let it sink into your soul, so to
speak. I had hoped to reach Martinez at about the same time as the book but am detained by some shadowy glaciers that refuse
to declare them positively as either myths or veritable 02616 3 shades of the departed. However my hope is merely deferred
not surrendered, and I shall follow this line in a few days. Sincerely Yours G.K. Gilbert 02616