Ralph Waldo Emerson’s diary, 1823

My brother Edward asks me. Whether I have a right to make use of animals ? I answer "Yes," and shall attempt to give my reasons. A poor native of Lapland found…

. . . One youth among the multitudes of mankind, one grain of sand on the seashore, un- known in the midst of my contemporaries, I am hastening to put on the manly…

These are the clamours with which conscience pursues and upbraids me — happy if they were undeserved — happiest could they accomplish their end ! But the…

Powerful and concentrated motive ... is necessary to a man, who would be great ; and young men whose hearts burn with the desire of distinction may complain perhaps…

I rested this Sabbath day on the banks of the Quebog. Mr. Stone, a worthy Calvinist, who had been already recommended to my respect, by the hearty praises of my…

Love is a holy passion, and is the instrument of our connexion with Deity; and when we drop the body, this, perhaps, will constitute the motive and impulse to all…