An Observation by Henry David Thoreau on 2 February 1854

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

Already we begin to anticipate spring, and this is an important difference between this time and a month ago. We begin to say that the day is springlike.
     Is not January the hardest month to get through? When you have weathered that, you get into the gulf stream of winter, nearer the shores of spring.

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

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)