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3 so free as formerly. Since the death of my fatherinlaw I am wellnigh smothered in business. This 3d Yosemite article will
I fear be a rough piece of writing. My stock of cliff cascade adjectives are all used up, I am too dull to invent new ones.
Still it will have a good deal of topography timber in it may answer the purpose of a park argument. Heartily congratulating
you upon your hard earned well-deserved honor. I am Ever Cordially yours John Muir