Title:
Letter from Henry F. Osborn to John Muir, 1904 Oct 5.
Creator:
Henry F. Osborn
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1904 Oct 5
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir14_0597-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 27.5 x 20.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
New York
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 77TH STREET AND EIGHTH AVENUE. NEW YORK, 5 October, 1904. DEPARTMENT OF VERTEBRATE
PALAEONTOLOGY My dear Mr. Muir: On our return from a wonderful trip abroad we find your letter of July 16th. I write to
say that we are all well and happy. Our older daughter, Virginia, is engaged to be married, and we are looking forward to
this event with great interest. My older son is a senior at Princeton, and the second son enters there next year. I enjoyed
your letter intensely. The picture of your journeys fills me with envy. I often recall the passage which you quoted to us
from Goethe, Keep not standing, fixed and rooted, Briskly venture, briskly roam. One reason I should like to live to be
a hundred years old is to be able to see more of the planet than I am likely to. My chief duty now seems to be to publish
the results of the wonderful discoveries we are making in the West. You will find popular articles of mine in the September
and November Century. Do come and see us on top of the mountain at Castle Rock. It is still wilder and more in the forest
than Wing and Wing. With warmest greetings from Mrs. Osborn, and trusting you will pardon a typewritten letter, I am Always
faithfully yours, illegible Mr. John Muir. 03454