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January 29, 1854 A very cold morning. Thermometer, or mercury, 18º below zero. January 30, 1854 This morning, though not so cold by a degree or two as yesterday morning, the cold has got more into the house, and the frost visits nooks never known to be visited before… The winter, cold and bound out as it is, is thrown to us like a bone to a famishing dog, and we are expected to get the marrow out of it…the winter was not given to us for no purpose. We must thaw its cold with our genialness. I knew a crazy man who walked into an empty pulpit one Sunday and, taking up a hymn-book, remarked: “We have had a good fall for getting in corn and potatoes. Let us sing Winter.” So I say, “Let us sing winter.” What else can we sing, and our voices be in harmony with the season? —from Henry David Thoreau, The Journal 1837–1861 [Shop Now]( Order by February 4 for delivery by Valentine’s Day Edward Gorey Cat Reading Pin [Shop Edward Gorey]( Edward Gorey Heart Cat Pin [Shop Edward Gorey]( Handcrafted Bookmarks [Shop Stationery]( Virginia Woolf Notecards [Shop Greeting Cards]( Little Things Toddler Tee [Shop Children]( Shakespeare Sonnet 116 Bracelet [Shop Jewelry]( Love Conquers All Cuff Bracelet [Shop Jewelry]( E. E. Cummings Cuff Bracelet [Shop Jewelry]( Romantic Poets Floral Tote Bags [Shop Tote Bags]( Bibliophile’s Treasure Box [Shop Exclusive to Us]( Edward Gorey Notecards [Shop Greeting Cards]( Constitution Necktie [Shop Ties]( You are receiving this message because you signed up for email newsletters from The New York Review of Books, NYRB, or The Reader’s Catalog. You can [choose the types of mailings you wish to receive](. [Update preferences]( The Reader’s Catalog 435 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 [Unsubscribe](