Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intimé of Henri Frédéric Amiel, Tr., with an Introducion and Notes |
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... death . Only be at peace with self , live in the presence of God , in communion with Him , and leave the guidance of existence to those universal powers against whom thou canst do nothing ! If death gives me time , so much the better ...
... death . Only be at peace with self , live in the presence of God , in communion with Him , and leave the guidance of existence to those universal powers against whom thou canst do nothing ! If death gives me time , so much the better ...
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... deaths , in which the mind throws off its imperfections and its symbols , and yields to the growing attraction of the ... death . He who can without shuddering confront blindness , deafness , paralysis , disease , betrayal , poverty ; he ...
... deaths , in which the mind throws off its imperfections and its symbols , and yields to the growing attraction of the ... death . He who can without shuddering confront blindness , deafness , paralysis , disease , betrayal , poverty ; he ...
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... death will these leaves cease to hide each other , and shall we see all our past at once ? Is death the passage from the successive to the simultaneous - that is to say , from time to eternity ? Shall we then understand , in its unity ...
... death will these leaves cease to hide each other , and shall we see all our past at once ? Is death the passage from the successive to the simultaneous - that is to say , from time to eternity ? Shall we then understand , in its unity ...
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