[Vwoolf] Elusive Thoreau quote

[Emily Trask]

Dear Sunjoo and Michael --
I asked a Thoreau scholar about the quote and received this response:
A variation appears in Thoreau’s journal from 1841: Thoreau Journal 1841 He did use it in A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, in “Thursday”:\ “We linger in manhood to tell the dreams of our childhood, and they are half forgotten ere we have learned the language.”
Best,Emily Trask 

    On Thursday, March 16, 2017 8:25 AM, Michael Schrimper <mschrimp at umail.iu.edu> wrote:
 

 DearSunjoo,Afterbeing unable to locate the Thoreau quote myself, I shared it with my colleaguesin the Thoreau Society. Two of four, at this point, are “stumped,” but we stillhave two more continuing to search. We agree that your supposition about atranslation and then a retranslation (perhaps on Bachelard’s part) soundslikely. In Walden’s “Reading” section, Thoreau talks of “youthful days” and “language,”however it would still be a stretch (which does happen in translation) toarrive at this sentence in question. I think the other two scholars aresearching the journal; let’s see what they turn up.Best,MichaelSchrimper_______________________________________________
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