August 14th, six o'clock A.M.
Errors have been committed in this distribution of tasks and workers . Time will diminish the number of them ; with new lights a better division will arise ; the elements of society go on toward perfection , like everything else . The difficulty is to know how to adapt ourselves to the slow step of time , whose progress can never be forced on without danger . August 14th , six o'clock A.M. -- My garret window rises upon the roof like a massive watch-tower . The corners are covered by large sheets of lead , which run into the tiles ; the successive action of cold and heat has made them rise , and so a crevice has been formed in an angle on the right side . There a sparrow has built her nest . I have followed the progress of this aerial habitation from the first day .