Sentence:  Emerson - Platonist , idealist , doctrinaire - sounded a high Transcendental <WSD>note</WSD> in his `` Boston Hymn '' , delivered in 1863 in the Boston Music Hall amidst thundering applause : `` Pay ransom to the owner and fill the bag to the brim . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling