the john muir exhibit - life - appreciation from james bryce
A Message and Appreciation
from James Bryce
TO MY FRIENDS AND FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE SIERRA CLUB:
May I venture to express to you the sorrow with which the news of the death of our friend, the venerable John Muir, has filled me? He was the patriarch of American lovers of mountains,
one who had not only a passion for the splendours of Nature, but a wonderful
power of interpreting her to men. The very air of the granite
peaks, the very fragrance of the deep and solemn forest, seem to
breathe round us and soothe our sense as we read the descriptions
of his lonely wanderings in the Sierras when their majesty was
first revealed. California may well honour the service of one who
did so much to make known her charms and to shield them from
desecration. And yo of the [Sierra] Club will cherish the memory
of a singularly pure and simple character, who was in his life
all that a worshipper of nature ought to be.
February 19th, 1915
Hindleap, Forest Row
Sussex
Source: Sierra Club Bulletin, Vol. 10, No. 1 (1916 January), pp. 2-7.
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