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The Endangered Valley: The Hetch-Hetchy Valley In The Yosemite National Park., John Muir Jan 1909

The Endangered Valley: The Hetch-Hetchy Valley In The Yosemite National Park., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

LET EVERYONE HELP WMM-THE E&MOUS HETCH HETCHtaEALI,EYi ANii STOP THE COMMERCIAL DESTRUCTION WHICH THREATENS OUR NATIONAL PARKS To the American Public: The famous Hetch-Hetchy Valley, next to Yosemite the most wonderful and important feature of our Yosemite National Park, is again in danger of being destroyed. Year after year attacks have been made on this .Park under the guise of development of ..natural resources. At the last regular session of Congress the most determined attack of all was made by the City of San Francisco to get possession of the Hetch-Hetchy Valley as a reservoir site, thus defrauding ninety millions …

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The Gospel For July., John Muir Jan 1909

The Gospel For July., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Wbt #o*pet-for fulj┬╗ WANDER A WHOLE SUMMER, IF YOU CAN. THOUSANDS OP GOp's WILD BLESSINGS WILL SEARCH YOU AND SOAK YOU AS IP YOU WERE A SPONGE AND THE BIG DAYS WILL GO BY UNCOUNTED. IF YOU ARE BUSINESS TANGLED AND SO BURDENED BY DUTY THAT ONLY WEEKS CAN BE GOT OUT OF THE HEAVY LADEN YEAR, GIVE A MONTH AT LEAST. THE TIME WILL NOT BE TAKEN FROM YOUR SUM OF LIFE. INSTEAD OF SHORTENING IT WILL INDEFINITELY LENGTHEN IT AND MAKE YOU TRULY IMMORTAL. NEVERMORE WILL TIME SEEM SHORT OR LONG AND CARES WILL NEVER AGAIN FALL HEAVILY …

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The Sequoia, Henry David Thoreau Jan 1909

The Sequoia, Henry David Thoreau

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

THE SEQUOIA J. he Big Tree (Sequoia gigantea) is Nature's forest masterpiece, and, so far as I know, the greatest of living things. It belongs to an ancient stock, as its remains in old rocks show, and has a strange air of other days about it, a thoroughbred look inherited from the long ago ΓÇö the auld lang syne of trees. Once the genus was common, and with many species flourished in the now desolate Arctic regions, in the interior of North America, and in Europe, but in long, eventful wanderings from climate to climate only two species have survived …

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Letter From J. E. Calkins To John Muir, 1908 Nov 18 ., J. E. Calkins Nov 1908

Letter From J. E. Calkins To John Muir, 1908 Nov 18 ., J. E. Calkins

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[Calkins]Lordsburg Calif.Nov. 18. 1908My Dear Mr. Muir: -Your charming letter has too long awaited an answer. I might have had the good manners to tell you how genuinely glad I am that you are at work on some of those things we talked about when we had the honor of meeting you in your home. Oh, I'm glad too that you had a good restful summer, and good health, and that the dear girl is making progress toward better health. May the kindly Providence that watches over the invalid have her in especial keeping.Good for "Stickeen"! How I091932shall rejoice to …

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The Mountains. John Muir., John Muir Nov 1908

The Mountains. John Muir., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

The Mountains John Muir Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. [John Muir]

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A Short History And Some Of The Graduates Of The Department Of Law Of The University Of Michigan, Burke A. Hinsdale Mar 1908

A Short History And Some Of The Graduates Of The Department Of Law Of The University Of Michigan, Burke A. Hinsdale

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

History of the University of Michigan Law School reprinted from The Michigan Alumnus March, 1908 issue.

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Letter From Harold Howard To John Muir, 1908 Feb 6., Harold Howard Feb 1908

Letter From Harold Howard To John Muir, 1908 Feb 6., Harold Howard

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Newburgh, N.Y.,Feb. 7/08.My dear Mr. Muir: -I stepped into the library - before going skating this afternoon - to read the article in the February North american Review - and just as I was about through reading it Mr. Bailey Millard's article in the Bookman came to my notice.-I am writing to you as a result of reading Mr, Millard's article - It is a "happenstance" (one of so very many that occur to those who are mentally alive - at any rate), that Mr. Millard's article was reprinted in the Sep. 1906 number of a (10¢) Chicago magazine - …

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Hetch-Hetchy Valley Menaced. San Francisco's Selfishness Would Rob State Of One Of Its Most Beautiful Spots, Reserved In National Park, The Peer Of Yosemite.", John Muir Jan 1908

Hetch-Hetchy Valley Menaced. San Francisco's Selfishness Would Rob State Of One Of Its Most Beautiful Spots, Reserved In National Park, The Peer Of Yosemite.", John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

M/m, f'plain tb- a height -of 1800 I 3 feet and over its- massive.brow-flws a stream which makes the most .-graceful' fall I have'ever,, seen.;'From- the edge of the cliff it* is .perfectly fre'o in' the air" for' a thousand feet, men i breaks up into-a gagged, sheet of, cascades, among the bouldersof an earthquake-talus, It is in,all.its.,glory;iii June'when-the-snow is. melting fast, but-fades and vanishes-toward the end, of summer. The only fall T-know.'with ; which It mayfairlyhe compared,is the Yosemite Bridal Veil;-but it excels j evn'that favorite;fall in both he.ghti and .fineness of: fairy airy beauty, and if behavior.: .-;. …

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Mr. John Muir's Reply To A Letter Received From Hon. James R. Garfield In Relation To The Destructive Hetch-Hetchy Scheme., John Muir Jan 1908

Mr. John Muir's Reply To A Letter Received From Hon. James R. Garfield In Relation To The Destructive Hetch-Hetchy Scheme., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

UQL DIAGR OF (SEE PRECEDING PAGE.) MR. JOHN MUIR'S MI CEIVED FROM HON, IN RELATION TO T METCIMSLSTfC] A LETTER RE- ES R. GARFIELD E DESTRUCTIVE Y SCHEME. Hon. Jas. R. Garfield, Secretary of Interior, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: I have just received your letter on my return from Southern California, where I have been calling attention to the Yosemite National Park, and the persistent efforts now being made in Congress to obtain permission to destroy the Hetch-Hetchy Valley, one of its most wonderful and useful features. You have had ample opportunity to know where I stand on this …

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The Endangered Valley-The Hetch Hetchy Valley In The Yosemite National Park., John Muir Jan 1908

The Endangered Valley-The Hetch Hetchy Valley In The Yosemite National Park., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

16; 38 SAN FBAN0I8C0 AND XHE HETOH BBTOHY BK8BBV0IB. man who finds ono of the highest uses pi nature in the feet that it, is made to be looked at. Such so-called practical men would have their days fU correcting fheniisfsikeiM the Almighty in this respect. I call your attention to the fact that the great JjubJlcV those who visit the park, and those who. may-visitit-haye now nobody towk *6."b|it the Congress in defense of their rights in \waderful nervation set apart for the use of all the people—indeed, of the whole world. The current Wend of public opfcio* is …

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San Francisco, Cal., December 16, 1908, Chairman Of The Public Lands Committee, House Of Representatives ...., John Muir Jan 1908

San Francisco, Cal., December 16, 1908, Chairman Of The Public Lands Committee, House Of Representatives ...., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Si 42 SAN FRANCISCO AND- THE; HETCH HETCHY BE$.E'r#tfiR. San. Francisco:, Cal., December 16,1908. Chairman, of Public Lands Couair^EK,.- . , .... .,.., _, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.i ., .-- .';,.-'-; ; : :;' The Yosemite National Park was created in order that the unrivaled aggregation of scenic features of this great natural Wonderland should bef preserved in pure wildness for all time for the benefit of the entire nation, and Hetch Hetchy Valley is a counterpart of Yosemite; and a great and wonderful feature of the park, next to Yosemite in beauty, grandeur, and importance, is the …

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The Hetch-Hetchy Valley., John Muir Jan 1908

The Hetch-Hetchy Valley., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Sierra Club Bulletin. Vol. VI. San Francisco, January, 1908. No. 4. THE HEXCH-HETCHY VALLEY By John Muir. ' It is impossible to overestimate the value of wild mountains and mountain temples as places for people to grow in, recreation grounds for soul and body. They are the greatest of our natural resources, God's best gifts, but none, however high and holy, is beyond reach of the spoiler. In these ravaging money-mad days monopolizing San Francisco capitalists are now doing their best to destroy the Yosemite Park, the most wonderful of all our great mountain national parks. Beginning on the Tuolumne …

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Hetch Hetchy Damming Scheme., John Muir Jan 1908

Hetch Hetchy Damming Scheme., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

SAN FRANCISCO AND TfitE l::HETGHY EEBER'VOffi i i ' A* HEABING ' HE1P BEFORE THE I 33 m4m PUBLIC LANDS OE THE 5, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ': DECEMBER 16,1908 ON H. J. EES. 184 3 [II. I, Keg. 1M, Btotletli Congress, fUsf session,] Whereas under authority of tho act of February fifteenth, nineteen hundred and one (volume tliirty-oiie, Statutes at Large, page seven hundred and ninety), tho Secretary of the Interior has granted to the city and county of fian Francisco a permit for what are known aa tho Lake Eleanor and Hetch Hetchy Reservoir sites . in the Yosomito …

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The Tuolumne Yosemite In Danger., John Muir Nov 1907

The Tuolumne Yosemite In Danger., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Ok i THE TUOLUMNE YOSEMITE IN DANGER BY JOHN MUIR THE Hetch Hetchy Valley, " that wonderful counterpart of Yosemite" as State Geologist Whitney called it, was discovered by Mr. Joseph Sereech in 1850, the year before the discovery of Yosemite, when the Digger Indians held possession of it as an acorn orchard. After my first visit in the autumn of 1871, I have always called it the Tuolumne Yosemite, for it is a wonderfully exact counterpart of the great Yosemite, not only in its ciystal river and sublime rocks and waterfalls, but in the gardens, groves, and meadows / …

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A New Top Notch For The Sons Of Daniel Boone., John Muir Oct 1907

A New Top Notch For The Sons Of Daniel Boone., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

A New Top Notch for the Sons of Daniel Boone JUST as we are going to press I received the following characteristic letter from the great wilderness traveler after whom the gigantic Muir glacier is named. This completes our list of Top Notches. All the representative heroes to whom we have applied have gladly selected a Top Notch for the Sons of Daniel Boone to bear their name. And now, boys, I want every club to elect all of these men honorary members of their fort and make haste to send them each j a letter signed by Davy Crockett, …

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The Pacific Pharos, March 1907, Students Of The University Of The Pacific Mar 1907

The Pacific Pharos, March 1907, Students Of The University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

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[Muir's Tribute To Robert Burns.], John Muir Jan 1907

[Muir's Tribute To Robert Burns.], John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

THE PASADENA EVEJN1NG STAR: SATURDAY, JANUARY 26. 1 SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE FORGOT AND NEVER BROUGHT TO MIND Robert Bums, Scotland's national bard, would have been the happy man the night could he ha' dropped in on the crowd of prominent men who assembled in the Colonial room of the Hotel Maryland last evening to do honor to his memory. It was a Burns night from start to finish and everything but the Scottish plaid was in evidence which could justly be credited to the Clans. The banquet in honor of the 148th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, given …

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Founding Of The College Of Law Of The Ohio State University, Horace Lafayette Wilgus Jan 1907

Founding Of The College Of Law Of The Ohio State University, Horace Lafayette Wilgus

Articles

It is proper for me to say, in the beginning, that I have been delegated to bear, and I have the honor to present to the College of Law of the Ohio State University, upon this occasion the sincere congratulations and most hearty good wishes of the largest University Law School in the United States--the Department of Law of the University of Michigan. In addition to this, it is with much satisfaction, and is a very great personal pleasure, that I have the privilege of joining in the festivities of this dedication of the beautiful Temple of Themis, wherein the …

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University Journal (April 1906), Taylor University Apr 1906

University Journal (April 1906), Taylor University

University Journal (1902-1906)

A Brief History of Greece — The Same Jesus — The Struggle in the Dark — The Prohibition Oratorical Contest — Editorial — Dowie is Rejected — English as She is Constructed — Odd Mention — The Contest — Taylor Club — The Great Earthquake

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The Pacific Pharos, December, 1905, Students Of The University Of The Pacific Dec 1905

The Pacific Pharos, December, 1905, Students Of The University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

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Yosemite Storms And Floods., John Muir Jun 1905

Yosemite Storms And Floods., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

YOSEMITE STORMS AND FLOODS By JOHN MUIR ALL the upper branches of the Sierra rivers are buried every winter beneath a heavy mantle of snow, and set free in the spring- in magnificent floods. Then, the thousand thousand fountains full and overflowing, every living thing breaks forth into singing, and the glad streams, outspread over all the mountains, shine and fall in glorious light, shaking everything into music, making all the world a song. The great annual thaw begins in May in the forest region, and is in full overflowing prime over the high Sierra in. June, varying somewhat both …

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Letter From Frederick A. Richardson To John Muir, 1905 Apr 25., Frederick A. Richardson Apr 1905

Letter From Frederick A. Richardson To John Muir, 1905 Apr 25., Frederick A. Richardson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

THE INTERNATIONAL QUARTERLY

Fox, DUFFIRLD & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS

38 EAST 21st STREET - NEW YORK

April 25, 1905.

Mr. John Muir,

Martinez, Cal.

My dear Sir:

I know that you are a subscriber to The International Quarterly and I am encouraged to hope that you will also be interested to contribute to its pages. I shall certainly esteem it a great favor if you will write for this journal, and I suggest that you write upon the Pacific coast, describing its many interesting features.
It would also be of much interest to the readers of the Quarterly to know more …

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The Pacific Pharos, April, 1905, University Of The Pacific Apr 1905

The Pacific Pharos, April, 1905, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

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A National Issue. The Hetch Hetchy To Be Saved To All Who Are Interested In The Conservation Of Our National Parks, John Muir Mar 1905

A National Issue. The Hetch Hetchy To Be Saved To All Who Are Interested In The Conservation Of Our National Parks, John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

A NATIONAL ISSUE The Hetch Hetchy to be Saved To all who- are interested in the conservation of our National Parks: Secretary of the Interior, Richard A. Ballinger, has recently taken a decided step for which he should be warmly commended. He has called upon the authorities of San Francisco to show cause why that portion of the Garfield permit giving the city a conditional right to flood the famous Hetch Hetchy Valley should not be revoked. The sentiment of the public is very general that San Francisco should not invade the Yosemite Park and destroy scenery of unrivaled beauty. …

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A Letter From The Yosemite Valley., John Muir Mar 1905

A Letter From The Yosemite Valley., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

JOHN MUIR gathering season, and the owner of the orchard was found by the messenger, at his post among heavily-laden trees. A shade of mock despair passed over his face, and picking a cherry, he exclaimed in his native dialect: "Dinna ye see that, mon? That red-faced, bald- headed, sleek, one-legged wretch? I'm an absolute slave to that diwil. So, I can na go, I can na go." From this example and from many others of the kind which might be. adduced, it is plain that the life which we have now considered at some length runs the whole gamut …

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[Excerpts From Letters To Mrs. Jeanne Carr.], John Muir Jan 1905

[Excerpts From Letters To Mrs. Jeanne Carr.], John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

JOHN MUIR JOHN MUIR: GEOLOGIST, EXPLORER, NATURALIST And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying: "Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee." "Come wander with me" she said, Into regions yet untrod; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Ov tell a more marvelous tale. ]HE …

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Letter From John Muir To [Helen Lukens] Jones, [19]04 Nov 2., John Muir Nov 1904

Letter From John Muir To [Helen Lukens] Jones, [19]04 Nov 2., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[First draft of letter, in note-book]

[Mrs. Helen Lukens Jones] NOV. 2, '04.

Dear Mrs. Jones:

Your article hard to make good for the magazines will be better suited, perhaps, for the weekly papers.
Owing to close and severe competition, the magazine editors are becoming more and more exacting. No cause for discouragement, etc.

J. M.03098

[First draft of letter, in note-book]

NOV. 2, '04.

Mr. George Nicholson,
37 Larkfield Road,
Richmond, Surrey, [England].

Dear Mr. Nicholson:

Many, many thanks for Hooker's Himalayan journals, and to think of its being your own copy! I can never repay you. The precious …

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Letter From Geo[Rge] Nicholson To John Muir, 1904 Oct 17., George Nicholson Oct 1904

Letter From Geo[Rge] Nicholson To John Muir, 1904 Oct 17., George Nicholson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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If so I should like to see them immensely. Also Stickeen (your title was changed by N.Y. editor). If you give me date & place of publication I will go to some Library if may cannot now be procured and borrow it. Kindly give reference whenever you write next. With very many thanks for book.

I am, Dear Mr Muir,

Yours very Sincerely

Geo. Nicholson

[1]

37 Larkfield Road,

Richmond,

S. W

Oct. 17th 1904.

Dear Mr Muir,

I ought to have acknowledged long before this the receipt of your most charming book Our National Parks. You are partly …

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The Pacific Pharos, September, 1904, University Of The Pacific Sep 1904

The Pacific Pharos, September, 1904, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

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John Muir Is At Home Again. Noted Scientist Makes A Tour Of The World, Collecting Many Botanical Specimens. Crosses Siberia Into Manchuria. Much Impressed With What He Saw In The Himalayas-Spent Some Time In Eucalyptus Forests Of Australia., John Muir May 1904

John Muir Is At Home Again. Noted Scientist Makes A Tour Of The World, Collecting Many Botanical Specimens. Crosses Siberia Into Manchuria. Much Impressed With What He Saw In The Himalayas-Spent Some Time In Eucalyptus Forests Of Australia., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

CHRONICLE, SATTJEDA Noted Scientist Makes a Tour of the World, Collecting Many Botanical Specimens, i CROSSES SIBERIA INTO MANCHURIA, Much Impressed With What He Saw in the HimalayasΓÇö Spent Some Time in Euca- rrpiuo- John Muir, the famous geologist and botanist, arrived yesterday on the liner Siberia from a tour of the world. From strange lands he brought huge parcels of rare specimens of flora that men of science will be interested in knowing about and in the course of his year's journey in foreign lands saw sights that repaid him for his time and labor. A year, less one …

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