An Observation by Henry David Thoreau: "We too have our thaws. . . . "

On this day in 1854, Henry David Thoreau wrote the following observation in his journal:

We too have our thaws. They come to our January moods, when our ice cracks, and our sluices break loose. Thought that was frozen up under stern experience gushes forth in feeling and expression.

Source: Daily Observations: Thoreau on the Days of the Year (2005), edited by Steve Grant

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)