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Page xvii
... oneself to remain in every department twenty years behind the progress of science . ' Of this great movement , already so productive , Amiel is then a fresh and remarkable instance . Having caught from the Germans not only their love of ...
... oneself to remain in every department twenty years behind the progress of science . ' Of this great movement , already so productive , Amiel is then a fresh and remarkable instance . Having caught from the Germans not only their love of ...
Page xxv
... oneself seriously , to spend one's thought on the petty interests of a petty individuality , when the beatific vision of universal knowledge , of absolute being , has once dawned on the dazzled beholder ? The charm and the savour of ...
... oneself seriously , to spend one's thought on the petty interests of a petty individuality , when the beatific vision of universal knowledge , of absolute being , has once dawned on the dazzled beholder ? The charm and the savour of ...
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... oneself . I have only force and energy wherewith to meet evils coming from outside ; but an irre- parable evil brought about by myself , a renunciation for life of my liberty , my peace of mind , the very thought of it is maddening , —I ...
... oneself . I have only force and energy wherewith to meet evils coming from outside ; but an irre- parable evil brought about by myself , a renunciation for life of my liberty , my peace of mind , the very thought of it is maddening , —I ...
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... oneself something of that unconsciousness , spontaneity , instinct , which reconciles us to earth and makes man useful and relatively happy . By believing more practically in the Providence which pardons and allows of reparation . By ...
... oneself something of that unconsciousness , spontaneity , instinct , which reconciles us to earth and makes man useful and relatively happy . By believing more practically in the Providence which pardons and allows of reparation . By ...
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... oneself to circumstances for form's sake , but refuses to recognise them in one's heart because one cannot see the necessity or the divine order in them . I am disinterested because I am indifferent ; I have nothing to say against what ...
... oneself to circumstances for form's sake , but refuses to recognise them in one's heart because one cannot see the necessity or the divine order in them . I am disinterested because I am indifferent ; I have nothing to say against what ...
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Page 168 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Page 289 - ... la prier, La cruelle qu'elle est se bouche les oreilles Et nous laisse crier. Le pauvre en sa cabane, où le chaume le couvre, Est sujet à ses lois; Et la garde qui veille aux barrières du Louvre N'en défend point nos rois. De murmurer contre elle et perdre patience, II est mal à propos; Vouloir ce que Dieu veut est la seule science Qui nous met en repos.
Page 304 - Entre toutes les différentes expressions qui peuvent rendre une seule de nos pensées, il n'y en a qu'une qui soit la bonne. On ne la rencontre pas toujours en parlant ou en écrivant ; il est vrai néanmoins qu'elle existe, que tout ce qui ne l'est point est faible, et ne satisfait point un homme d'esprit qui veut se faire entendre.
Page xli - Christianity is above all religious, and religion is not a method, it is a life, a higher and supernatural life, mystical in its root and practical in its fruits, a communion with God, a calm and deep enthusiasm, a love which radiates, a force which acts, a happiness which overflows.
Page 9 - Reality, the present, the irreparable, the necessary, repel and even terrify me. I have too much imagination, conscience, and penetration, and not enough character. The life of thought alone seems to me to have enough elasticity and immensity, to be free enough from the irreparable ; practical life makes me afraid.
Page 24 - Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent propaganda. As far as lies in its power, it tends to transform the universe and humanity into its own image. Thus we have all a cure of souls. Every man is a...
Page 85 - Ceux qui vivent, ce sont ceux qui luttent; ce sont Ceux dont un dessein ferme emplit l'âme et le front, Ceux qui d'un haut destin gravissent l'âpre cime, Ceux qui marchent pensifs, épris d'un but sublime, Ayant devant les yeux sans cesse, nuit et jour, Ou quelque saint labeur ou quelque grand amour.
Page 299 - Where are the great, whom thou would'st wish to praise thee ? Where are the pure, whom thou would'st choose to love thee ? Where are the brave, to stand supreme above thee, Whose high commands would cheer, whose chidings raise thee ? Seek, seeker, in thyself; submit to find In the stones, bread, and life in the blank mind.
Page 301 - In eurem Namen, Mütter, die ihr thront Im Grenzenlosen, ewig einsam wohnt, Und doch gesellig. Euer Haupt umschweben Des Lebens Bilder, regsam, ohne Leben. Was einmal war, in allem Glanz und Schein, Es regt sich dort; denn es will ewig sein.
Page 110 - JJ Rousseau is an ancestor in all things. It was he who founded travelling on foot before Topffer, reverie before Rene, literary botany before George Sand, the worship of nature before Bernardin de S.