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Quotation from Walden by Henry David Thoreau

“Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.”

Henry David Thoreau (spoken by Thoreau)

Walden, Conclusion (Project Gutenberg text)

Portrait of Henry David Thoreau

The final sentences of Walden, closing the book's long figure of morning and awakening.

Citation: "Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star." — Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Conclusion (Project Gutenberg text). (id walden-q7)

Portrait: Walden Thoreau, Ticknor and Fields (publisher), Public domain.

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