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Thoreau ([personal profile] thoreau) wrote2011-03-21 07:06 am
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80.365 Simplifications

21 March 1856 - "I noticed that my fingers were purpled, evidently from the sap on my auger. Had a dispute with Father about the use of my making this sugar when I knew it could be done and might have bought sugar cheaper at Holden’s. He said it took me from my studies. I said I made it my study; I felt as if I had been to a university."


title: hand me that purple thing
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