Letters to a Friend 



shines grand as gold. The Lyell is just what 

 I wanted. 



I think that your measure of the Doggetts is 

 exactly right as good as civilized people can 

 be. They have grown to the top of town culture 

 and have sent out some shoots half gropingly 

 into the spirit sky. 



I am very glad to know that Ned is growing 

 strong. Perhaps we may see South America 

 together yet. I hope to see you come to your 

 own of mountain fountains soon. Perhaps Mrs. 

 Hutchings may go with us. You live so fully 

 in my own life that I cannot realize that I have 

 not yet seen you here; a year or two of waiting 

 seems nothing. 



Possibly I may be down on your coast this 

 fall or next, for I want to see what relations the 

 coast and coast mountains have to the Sierras. 

 Also I want to go north and south along this 

 range and then among the basins and ranges 

 eastward. My subject is expanding at a most 

 unfollowable pace. I could write something with 

 data already harvested, but I am not satisfied. 

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