Ralph Waldo Emerson’s diary, 1827

But now comes the analysis of this shallow philosophy. He that was sinless before declines from his integrity. He says, I have sinned ; But I live; I am in health;…

Much of what we learn, and to the highest purposes, of life is caught in moments, and rather by a sublime instinct than by modes which can be explained in detail. I…

I attended mass in the Catholic Church. The mass is in Latin and the sermon in English, and the audience, who are Spaniards, understand neither. The services have…