Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intimé of Henri Frédéric Amiel, Tr., with an Introducion and Notes |
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Page 90
... peace of conscience ; and without this peace there is no peace . • I have just read seven chapters of the gospel . Nothing calms me so much . To do one's duty in love and obedi- ence , to do what is right - these are the ideas which ...
... peace of conscience ; and without this peace there is no peace . • I have just read seven chapters of the gospel . Nothing calms me so much . To do one's duty in love and obedi- ence , to do what is right - these are the ideas which ...
Page 147
... peace of conscience and . a sense of duty done . It is true that this itself is no small ambition , and that it only lands us in another impossibility . No - the sim- plest course is to submit one's self wholly and altogether to God ...
... peace of conscience and . a sense of duty done . It is true that this itself is no small ambition , and that it only lands us in another impossibility . No - the sim- plest course is to submit one's self wholly and altogether to God ...
Page 152
... peace . But no ; tyrant that it is , the world cries to us , " Peace , peace - there is no peace : whether you will or no you shall suffer and tremble with me ! " To accept humanity , as one does nature , and to resign one's self to the ...
... peace . But no ; tyrant that it is , the world cries to us , " Peace , peace - there is no peace : whether you will or no you shall suffer and tremble with me ! " To accept humanity , as one does nature , and to resign one's self to the ...
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