As a historian, I have to appreciate this; it makes my eyesocket-burning work with 100 year old newspaper on microfilm seem like flipping through the pages of Vogue. Bravo to anyone who does this work; it had better be rewarding.

This is a beaut by Thoreau. Thanks for making our lives so easy, Thor.I’m going to go back and make my journals less accessable on the extremely rare chance that anyone ends up reading them later. They should earn their keep, damnit.  

P.S. Look through the whole slideshow; it’s absurd. 

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