Finished ‘Tasso.’ It is a wonderful drama, yet I cannot appreciate its beauty enough. I am not sufficiently ripe yet for it. So, after all, from a worldly standpoint, the practical man is triumphant over the idealist. He who can be an idealist at will, while retaining a certain amount of materialism, must indeed be the greatest of all. I think it is at that I will aim. – Also finished Irish Aids. Will begin ‘Ceart na Gaedhilge’ [Irish Syntax] on Monday. This is all my own work for Dickie is hopeless. I am also doing ‘Slighe an Eolais’ myself. – Had a good Harmony lesson, and went to confession. – Mám was upset that Páp will have to go to Bantry on Tuesday, and not be back till Wed. morning for her recital, yet it can’t be helped.
