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July 1, 1908 R.W.GILDER.EDITOR R.U.JOHNSON. ASSOCIATE EDITOR. My dear Muir: Your letter reached me in Indina where
I spent the week previous to the Chicago convention, which I also took in. It is always a great pleasure to hear from you
and your loyal friendship is one of the comforts of my life. You speak of your Yosemite book. I hope it is coming on rapidly.
You ought to make it the aim of your life to finish up what you have to say about the National Park and all that region. I
mean the book we have all been talking about for so long. Are you not engaged upon it? The older I grow the more I feel like
concentrating on the accomplishment of a few things. I hope it all goes well with you in the family and I heartily wish you
were coming East soon I send you herewith advance sheets of two editorials of mine, one in the July number, Patriotism that
Counts, a review of the White House conference. Gilder sent this to the President to he shown to Pinchot and the latter wrote
me a very warm and grateful letter in appreciation I4fc of it; The other editorial relates, as you will see, to the Hetch
Hetchy and will appear in the August number, A High Price to Pay for Water.B You will please see that illegible 04234