Ralph Waldo Emerson27 November–3 December 183727 November 18373 December 183727 November 1837What is culture ? The chief end of man.Other diaries for 27 November ↗3 December 1837Lidian says, it is wicked to go to church Sundays.'Other diaries for 3 December ↗⁂Earlier entries20–26 November 1837Later entries4–10 December 1837