I would fain make two reports in my Journal, first the incidents and observations of to-day; and by to-morrow I review the same and record what was o… - Henry David Thoreau

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I would fain make two reports in my Journal, first the incidents and observations of to-day; and by to-morrow I review the same and record what was omitted before, which will often be the most significant and poetic part. I do not know at first what it is that charms me. The men and things of to-day are wont to lie fairer and truer in to-morrow's memory.