Letters to a Friend 



sent me a large sheetful of terrible blue-steel 

 orthodoxy, calling me from clouds and flowers 

 to the practical walks of politics and philan 

 thropy. Mrs. Carr, thought I, never lectured 

 thus. I am glad, indeed, that you are here to 

 read for yourself these glorious lessons of sky 

 and plain and mountain, which no mortal 

 power can ever speak. I thought when in the 

 Yosemite Valley last spring that the Lord had 

 written things there that you would be allowed 

 to read some time. 



I have not made a single friend in California, 

 and you may be sure I strode home last evening 

 from the post office feeling rich indeed. As soon 

 as I hear of your finding a home, I shall begin 

 a plan of visiting you. I have frequently seen 

 favorable reports upon the silk-culture in Cali 

 fornia. The climate of Los Angeles is said to be 

 as well tempered for the peculiar requirements 

 of the business as any in the world. I think that 

 you have brought your boys to the right field 

 for planting. I doubt if in all the world man's 

 comforts and necessities can be more easily 

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