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I could not get the copies I wanted Keep my memories but I shall be glad if you will return loving words marginalia
letterhead April 23, 1895 John Muir. in margin: Keep my Memories but I shall be glad if you will return loving words-
I could not get the copies I wanted Two months ago I heard some rumors of a plot to kill me on the Ides of March--with kindness.
All details were however kept so secret that the surprises were manifold. Discourses might have been more deadly than daggers--dealing
a slower death--But they were all short. The actors, as I told them, could not have done better, if they had performed at
a real funeral and not at a rehearsal. The mayor declared the gathering ought to be in the city-hall where a whole cityfull
could share, while the Gov. said that I was a legislative chaplain the Capitol was the most-fitting place. it is sweet to
say with the Shunamite (2 Kings IV: 13) I dwell among mine own people. At the next club meeting I gave a surprise, namely
58 photos inserted each with my name and with some member's. 01974