Letters to a Friend 



Yosemite Valley, 



July 2yth, 1872. 



I want to see you. I want to speak about my 

 studies, which are growing broader and broader 

 and spreading away to all countries without 

 any clear horizon anywhere. 



I will go over all this Yosemite region this 

 fall and write it up in some form or other. Will 

 you be here to accompany me in my easier 

 excursions ? 



I have a good horse for you and will get a tub 

 and plenty of meal and tea, and you will keep 

 house in very old style and you can bring whom 

 you please. 



I Ve had a very noble time with Gray, who, 

 though brooded and breaded by Hutchings, 

 gave most of his time to me. I was sorry that 

 his time was so meanly measured and bounded. 

 He is a most cordial lover of purity and truth, 

 but the angular factiness of his pursuits has 

 kept him at too cold a distance from the spirit 

 world. 



I know that Mrs. Moore has given you ice in 

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