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Martinez, Feb. 22, 1910 Dear Mrs Hooker: How high-lifting far spreading the piece of universe literature you sent me the
other day The author must have been on far more familiar terms with the universe than poor Margaret Fuller. His Sir how far
it takes us What a Sir - all the hard hearted stars their people, transcending the old poet prophets with their comparatively
moderate meek Hear Ye Mountains . Hear O ye Kings, give ear O ye Princes. Hear this, all ye people, give ear all ye inhabitants
of the world Hear O heavens, give ear O earth . I must send this precious Sir Universe speech to Mr Hale through one I fear
perhaps the busy astronomer will rank it with the Beatitudes and pronounce it Rot. We has a funny Hetch Hetchy meeting last
Friday night at the Merchants Exchange Building. But first we had dinner at the in margin: illegible