Title:
Letter from John Muir to [Katharine M.] Graydon, 1907 Mar 27.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[Katharine M.] Graydon
Date:
1907 Mar 27
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir16_0704-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Martinez [Calif.]
Rights:
Copyrighted
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Original letter returned to Miss Katherine Merrill Graydon . Martinez, March 27, '07. My dear Miss Graydon: Most all
the spare dollars in the world seem to be rolling toward education these days, but great teachers are hard to find and can't
be had for money. Anyhow, whether or not Catherine Morrill's name is given to a chair of Literature, she will live in the
hearts of her friends and her work will go on and be felt for a good long time after her name is forgotten by the restless
stormy world. I'm sorry to hear your mother is not well. Remember me to her when next you write, and to Mrs. Moores and Mina
and all the young folks. We all are about as usual here. Helen has got through the winter very well, much to my relief. Wanda
is living in the adobe by the front gate. She is not far from us, yet we see but little of her now, as if she were the width
of a sea away. Heaven's good luck be yours, John Muir Have done but little more this winter and fall than take care
of Helen and repair earthquake shattered house. The one across the valley my sister used to live in is still in ruins. Envelope
addressed Miss Katherine M. Graydon, Oahu College, Honolulu, Hawaii , 03857