in margin: Stickeen Farmington Conn. Apr. 7th, letterhead Dear Mr John Muir I have just finished Stickeen and I
cannot help thanking you for it. I am an animal lover - and my heart is tortured with their undeserved miseries - especially
thru' the cruelties of vivisection - I wish we could have the laws exempt dogs always - they are so wonderfully human - illegible
what is the ideal human - in love faithfulness devotion - and they have added to their suffering 04478