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4 hear of some heartbreaking grief with its terrible desolation has crossed my pathway the old thought has come back, Look
it in the eye, and I have thus been enabled to live through much sorrow that if I had yielded to my first feelings would have
swept me out into the dark ocean of despair. If you should ever come this way be sure to call and see us. Thanking you for
your kind remembrance I am as ever Your Sincere Friend (Mrs) L. T. W. Conger. 1 344 North Raymond Avenue. Pasadena
Feb. 11, 1902. Mr John Muir: My Dear Friend. You can scarcely imagine through the kindness of Mr Kendal? , your gift
of California Mountains. Every description of tree, flower, and animal, brings back my childhood's home, with endearing memories,
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