Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intimé of Henri Frédéric Amiel, Tr., with an Introducion and Notes |
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... possess ourselves and to possess Him in the meas- ure of our strength and that it is our incredulity , our spir- itual cowardice , which is our infirmity and weakness . Dante , gazing into the three worlds with their divers heavens ...
... possess ourselves and to possess Him in the meas- ure of our strength and that it is our incredulity , our spir- itual cowardice , which is our infirmity and weakness . Dante , gazing into the three worlds with their divers heavens ...
Page 55
... possess nothing that one may conquer all , to renounce self that God may give Himself to us , how im- possible a problem , and how sublime a reality ! No one truly knows happiness who has not suffered , and the re- deemed are happier ...
... possess nothing that one may conquer all , to renounce self that God may give Himself to us , how im- possible a problem , and how sublime a reality ! No one truly knows happiness who has not suffered , and the re- deemed are happier ...
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... possess or not to possess consideration was to Madame de Staël a matter of su- preme importance - the loss of it an irreparable evil , the acquirement of it a pressing necessity . What , then , is this good thing ? The esteem of the ...
... possess or not to possess consideration was to Madame de Staël a matter of su- preme importance - the loss of it an irreparable evil , the acquirement of it a pressing necessity . What , then , is this good thing ? The esteem of the ...
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