The U.S. Post Office Loved Henry David Thoreau Unrequitedly

Post Office's 1967 Thoreau stamp

"For my part, I could easily do without the post office. I think that there are very few important communications made through it. To speak critically, I never received more than one or two letters in my life -- I wrote this some years ago -- that were worth the postage."

--"Where I Lived and What I Lived For," from Walden: or Life in the Woods, by Henry David Thoreau, Monday's selection.