Thoreau writes in his journal:
It steads us to be as true to children and boors as to God himself. It is the only attitude which will suit all occasions; it only will make the earth yield her increase, and by it do we effectually expostulate with the wind (Journal, 190-192).
Ralph Waldo Emerson writes in his journal on 4 February:
I went to the Rainers’ concert last night in our Court House. When I heard them in Boston, I had some dreams about music: last night, nothing. Last night I enjoyed the audience. I looked with a great degree of pride & affection at the company of my townsmen & townswomen & dreamed of that kingdom & society of Love which we preach.
(The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 7:419)
