Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2Macmillan, 1905 - 721 pages |
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Page 67
... France , in Belgium , in Italy , and in all Catholic societies , it is only by checking one of these forces by the other that the State and civilisation can be maintained , the Protestant countries are better off ; in them there is a ...
... France , in Belgium , in Italy , and in all Catholic societies , it is only by checking one of these forces by the other that the State and civilisation can be maintained , the Protestant countries are better off ; in them there is a ...
Page 74
... France is the frivolity which substitutes public con- ventions for truth , and absolutely ignores personal dignity and the majesty of con- science . The French are ignorant of the A B C of individual liberty , and still show an ...
... France is the frivolity which substitutes public con- ventions for truth , and absolutely ignores personal dignity and the majesty of con- science . The French are ignorant of the A B C of individual liberty , and still show an ...
Page 80
... to doubt . reality a fruit , the But the past makes it While the Republic is in French look upon it as a seed - sowing . Elsewhere such a form of government presupposes free men ; in France it is 80 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... to doubt . reality a fruit , the But the past makes it While the Republic is in French look upon it as a seed - sowing . Elsewhere such a form of government presupposes free men ; in France it is 80 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
Page 81
... France it is and must be an instrument of instruction and protection . France has once more placed sovereignty in the hands of universal suffrage , as though the multi- tude were already enlightened , judicious , and reasonable , and ...
... France it is and must be an instrument of instruction and protection . France has once more placed sovereignty in the hands of universal suffrage , as though the multi- tude were already enlightened , judicious , and reasonable , and ...
Page 95
... France who made the Germany of the present , by at- tempting its destruction during ten genera- tions ; it is Germany who will regenerate contemporary France , by the effort to crush her . Revolutionary France will teach equality to the ...
... France who made the Germany of the present , by at- tempting its destruction during ten genera- tions ; it is Germany who will regenerate contemporary France , by the effort to crush her . Revolutionary France will teach equality to the ...
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