the Thoreau Log.
28 June 1852. Concord, Mass.

Thoreau writes in his journal:

  Evening. 7 P.M.—Moon more than half.

  There are meteorologists, but who keeps a record of the fairer sunsets P While men are recording the direction of the wind, they neglect to record the beauty of the sunset or the rainbow. The sun not yet set . . .

  Walden imparts to the body of the bather a remarkably chalky-white appearance, whiter than natural, tinged with blue, which, combined with its magnifying anti distorting; influence, produces a monstrous and ogre-like effect, proving, nevertheless, the purity of the water . . .

(Journal, 4:159-161)

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