In the religion of all nations a purity is hinted at, which, I fear, men never attain to.

I think of no news to tell you. It is a serene summer day here, all above the snow. The hens steal their nests, and I steal theireggs still, as formerly. This is what I do with the hands. Ah, labor,--it is a divine institution, and conversation with many men and hens.

Having reached the term of his natural life"; Mwould it not be truer to say, Having reached the term of his unnatural life?

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.

I was awakened at midnight by some heavy, low-flying bird, probably a loon, flapping by close over my head, along the shore. So, turning the other side of my half-clad body to the fire, I sought slumber again.

For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself

I could not help being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if I were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up.