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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Quotes

Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at eve. Did you never see it?

Source:(James Munroe and Co., ed. 1849), Page 371
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Henry David Thoreau (A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Quotes)
  • Book: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
  • Writer: Henry David Thoreau
  • Genre: Philosophy, Travel
  • Published: 1849
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