Title:
Letter from W. J. Dornuf to [John Muir], 1907 Dec 5.
Creator:
W. J. Dornuf
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
[John Muir]
Date:
1907 Dec 5
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir16_1250-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 14 x 21.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Milwaukee, Wisc.
Rights:
Copyright status unknown
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Transcription:
Milwaukee, Wis., illegible 1907 My Dear Sir, Pardon my intrusion upon your valuable time, but may I venture to ask for
a statement of your experience as to the effects of alcohol and tobacco upon the mind and health? Do stimulants and narcotics
give increased strength, greater lucidity of mind, and more continuous power, or do they weaken and cloud the intellect, and
lessen that capacity for enduring a prolonged strain of mental exertion which is one of the first requisites of the intellectual
life? With the hope of arriving at data which would be trustworthy and decisive, I have entered upon an independent inquiry
among the representatives of literature, science and art, as to Whether they have found advantage, or the reverse, in the
use of alcohol and tobacco. Assuring you that what information you may condescend to contribute shall be highly appreciated,
and thanking you in advance, I have the honor to be, sir, Very respectfully yours, illegible 03986