Sentence:  In representing part of this new picture , I will be recounting some of my own personal <WSD>experiences</WSD> , reactions and judgments ; but my primary aim is to transcribe what Englishmen themselves are saying and writing and implying about the Roman and Anglican Churches and about the present religious state of England . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the content of direct observation or participation in an event