March 28, 1920
    Peace of mind is only achieves by the sacrifice of what is noblest in life – the contact with materialistic people around us only becomes less harsh when we dull our repugnance to ugliness & evil.
    The more susceptible we become to natures beauty, the more powerful such happiness seems.
    After an evening of grotesque mental aberration and a night of restlessness, a woke in the morning despising all mankind; fears that I was slipping again into misanthropy assailed me, but