46 YEARS OF DISCIPLINE. [1841,

form while in Concord." It came quite unex pectedly to me, but I was very glad to receive it, though I hardly know whether my utmost sincerity and interest can inspire a sufficient answer to it. I should like to have you send it back by some convenient opportunity.

Pray let me know what you are thinking about any day, what most nearly concerns you. Last winter, you know, you did more than your share of the talking, and I did not com plain for want of an opportunity. Imagine your stove-door out of order, at least, and then while I am fixing it you will think of enough things to say.

What makes the value of your life at pres ent ? what dreams have you, and what realiza tions? You know there is a high table-land which not even the east wind reaches. Now can t we walk and chat upon its plane still, as if there were no lower latitudes ? Surely our two destinies are topics interesting and grand enough for any occasion.

I hope you have many gleams of serenity and health, or, if your body will grant you no posi tive respite, that you may, at any rate, enjoy your sickness occasionally, as much as I used to tell of. But here is the bundle going to be done up, so accept a " good-night " from

HENRY D. THOREATJ.