Emerson, sounding an awful lot like today

“The last year has forced us all into politics... We do not breathe well. There is infamy in the air... [it] robs the landscape of beauty, and takes the sunshine out of every hour.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1851

— Austin Kleon (@austinkleon) November 17, 2017

Amen to that. Wish I had more of the context. Guessing this is a letter or a journal entry.