Ralph Waldo Emerson writes in his journal:
Henry T. says that 12 lb of Indian meal, which one can easily carry on his back, will be food for a fortnight. Of course, one need not be in want of a living wherever corn grows, & where it does not, rice is as good . . . H. D. T. when you talked of art, blotted a paper with ink, then doubled it over, & safely defied the artist to surpass his effect.
(The Journals and Miscellaneous and Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 10:151)
