Rain. Time divided. Evening at Mrs. H. G. Rice’s.

My first number on the currency appeared today.1 I read it with some interest and liked it much. But it comes at a wrong season. Nobody knows or cares for it. Perhaps it is worth nothing.

Read Philoctetes, the only pursuit that gives me rich satisfaction. The rest are all in the performance of a heavy duty. Crevier, History of Constantine. His catholic feelings influence the latter portion of his history much. The struggles of the christian religion over the passions of men would make perhaps a most interesting subject of investigation. 202They were terrific during the middle ages. And yet they remain working upon generation after generation with improving force but very gradual success. Ms.

Evening at Mrs. H. G. Rice’s. A new acquaintance. Company as usual. Returned at ten.