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it seems only sociable to confine to the ro s? t illegible , pulpit, and the press). I enclose Mr. Millard's article - and
another - which is on a subject that may interest your daughters, as Californians, - for I believe that Mr. Millard's illegible
will be realized in proportion as this movement (in which California has come very near joining Utah, Colorado, Idaho Wyoming)
for greater political liberty is advanced - May I also add that your report of Mr. Emerson's talk with you reminds me of
his essay on nature of which I am exceedingly fond. Hoping that someday we may have that meeting in Marin - The last time
I was out hunting there was with Shafter Will Kent - isn't he a boss cook a good illustration of his own philosophy that a
man is judged by the company he is, also. He certainly has picked out a good name for those woods he has given to the state
- if only judging by the same standard just mentioned. Sincerely yours, Harold Howard