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4 upper rocks only three days am hungry for exercise already Prof' Runkle, President of the Boston Institute of Technology
was here last week I preached my glacial theory to him for five days taking him into the canons of the valley up among the
grand glacier wombs pathways of the summit. He was fully con- vinced of the truth of my readings urged me to write out the
glacial system of Yosemite its tributaries for the Boston Academy of science I told him that I meant to write my thoughts
for my own use that I would send him the manuscript if he his wise scientific brothers thought it of sufficient interest they
might publish it He is going to send me some instruments I mean to go over all the glacier basins carefully working untill
driven down by the snow 1 74 1871 Yosemite Sep 8th Dearest friend Mrs Carr I am sorry that King made you uneasy about
me He does not understand me as you do you must not heed him so much He thinks that I am melancholy above all that I require
polishing. I feel sure that if you were here to see how happy I am how ardently I am seeking a knowledge of the rocks you
could not call me away but would gladly let me go with only God his written rocks to guide me You would not think of calling
me to make machines or a home, or of rubbing me against other minds, or of setting me up for measurement No dear friend you
would say 'Keep your mind untramelled pure go unfrictioned - unmeasured God give you the true meaning interpretation of his
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