Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2Macmillan, 1905 - 721 pages |
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... destiny of men . - 18th March 1869 ( Thursday ) . · When- ever I come back from a walk outside the town I am disgusted and repelled by this cell of mine . Out of doors sunshine , birds , spring , beauty , and life ; in here , ugliness ...
... destiny of men . - 18th March 1869 ( Thursday ) . · When- ever I come back from a walk outside the town I am disgusted and repelled by this cell of mine . Out of doors sunshine , birds , spring , beauty , and life ; in here , ugliness ...
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... destiny . What do annihilation or immortality matter ? What is to be , will be . And what will be , will be for the best . Faith in good , — perhaps the individual wants nothing more for his passage through life . Only he must have ...
... destiny . What do annihilation or immortality matter ? What is to be , will be . And what will be , will be for the best . Faith in good , — perhaps the individual wants nothing more for his passage through life . Only he must have ...
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... satisfying them . I seem con- demned to roll for ever the rock of Sisyphus , and to feel that slow wearing away of the mind which befalls the man whose vocation and destiny are in perpetual conflict . ' A Christian AMIEL'S JOURNAL . 41.
... satisfying them . I seem con- demned to roll for ever the rock of Sisyphus , and to feel that slow wearing away of the mind which befalls the man whose vocation and destiny are in perpetual conflict . ' A Christian AMIEL'S JOURNAL . 41.
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The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel Henri Frédéric Amiel. and destiny are in perpetual conflict . ' A Christian heart and a pagan head , ' like Jacobi ; tenderness and pride ; width of mind and feebleness of will ; the two men of ...
The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel Henri Frédéric Amiel. and destiny are in perpetual conflict . ' A Christian heart and a pagan head , ' like Jacobi ; tenderness and pride ; width of mind and feebleness of will ; the two men of ...
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... destiny . Is this the Infinite face to face , an intuition of the last great death ? ' Créature d'un jour qui t'agites une heure , Ton âme est immortelle et tes pleurs vont finir . ' ―― Finir ? When depths of ineffable desire are ...
... destiny . Is this the Infinite face to face , an intuition of the last great death ? ' Créature d'un jour qui t'agites une heure , Ton âme est immortelle et tes pleurs vont finir . ' ―― Finir ? When depths of ineffable desire are ...
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