As we passed under the last bridge over the canal, just before reaching the Merrimack, the people coming out of church paused to look at us from above, and apparently, so strong is custom, indulged in some heathenish comparisons; but we were the truest observers of this sunny day


A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849) - Sunday

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

As we passed under the last bridge over the canal, just before reaching the Merrimack, the people coming out of church paused to look at us from...

As we passed under the last bridge over the canal, just before reaching the Merrimack, the people coming out of church paused to look at us from...

As we passed under the last bridge over the canal, just before reaching the Merrimack, the people coming out of church paused to look at us from...

As we passed under the last bridge over the canal, just before reaching the Merrimack, the people coming out of church paused to look at us from...