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Apr. 21st? , 1880 Dear Mr Muir I cannot help congratulating you that you are again among civilized people, alive, well,
happy of course, as you are now a member of the human family And now that you have come to earth, I hope the bonds will be
so strong, that you can never flee were from? were? from? illegible of illegible ; but settle down in that lovely nook among
the hills? , where the pipper? tree, the orange pine flourish I well remember the admiration your beloved had for this most
graceful? of