Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intimé of Henri Frédéric Amiel, Tr., with an Introducion and Notes |
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Page 64
... able to love . To do good to men because we love them , to use every talent we have so as to please the Father from whom we hold it for His service , there is no other way of reaching and curing this deep discontent with life which ...
... able to love . To do good to men because we love them , to use every talent we have so as to please the Father from whom we hold it for His service , there is no other way of reaching and curing this deep discontent with life which ...
Page 94
... able to dispose of all one's forces , and to have all one's means of whatever kind under command - still order ; to discipline one's habits , one's effort , one's wishes ; to organ- ize one's life , to distribute one's time , to take ...
... able to dispose of all one's forces , and to have all one's means of whatever kind under command - still order ; to discipline one's habits , one's effort , one's wishes ; to organ- ize one's life , to distribute one's time , to take ...
Page 351
... able to look at things with the eyes of a blind man recently operated upon - that is to say , I have been able to suppress in myself the results of the long edu- cation of sight , and to abolish distances ; and now I find myself ...
... able to look at things with the eyes of a blind man recently operated upon - that is to say , I have been able to suppress in myself the results of the long edu- cation of sight , and to abolish distances ; and now I find myself ...
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