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4 arrived safely, only made us long more for their native climate, but now journeying seems in the dim distance, I now plan
for another fall are not yet made That a work you have laid out for yourself I hate to think of your leaving Yo Semite, it
will not seem like the same place when you are away, you are so much a part of the Valley in our 1 00683 in margin: minds
- I hear Charlie Stoddard has had a special interview with the Pope - how happy that must make him - Joaquin's doings are
as wild as ever - Home Thursday May 14th /74 My dear Mr Muir, I have been to New York, have also been very ill since
I received your last nice long letter In the winter, I had a very bad fall, which made me lame for two