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letterhead Jan 16th 1908 Mr John Muir My dear Mr Muir To us who can see and who know what is good, the deeding of
what should belong to the people, to the people is not generosity, but an uncontrollable impulse. The service you have preeminently
rendered is in making some people see that the works of God are good in themselves and good for men. The hideous heedless
wickedness of trying to butcher those trees put me in a frame of mind where I wondered, how far a trustee ought to go to protect
such a trust. I am sure the danger is passed now and hope I can forgive Jas Newlands and William Magee, who for a few dirty
dollars would have deprived millions of their birthright. I have done little as yet but 04030