Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2Macmillan, 1905 - 721 pages |
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Page 26
... duty and some serious affections : And even affections die , or at least their objects are mortal ; a friend , a wife , a child , a country , a church , may precede us in the tomb ; duty alone lasts as long as we . This maxim exorcises ...
... duty and some serious affections : And even affections die , or at least their objects are mortal ; a friend , a wife , a child , a country , a church , may precede us in the tomb ; duty alone lasts as long as we . This maxim exorcises ...
Page 27
... duties , my vexations , and youth leapt within me as though life were beginning again . It was as though something explosive had caught fire , and one's soul were scattered to the four winds ; in such a mood one would fain devour the ...
... duties , my vexations , and youth leapt within me as though life were beginning again . It was as though something explosive had caught fire , and one's soul were scattered to the four winds ; in such a mood one would fain devour the ...
Page 38
... duty of the institution , which is to be something . They take the principle of Science to be the same as the principle of the Church , which is a mistake . They will not see that Religion is different from Phi- losophy , and that the ...
... duty of the institution , which is to be something . They take the principle of Science to be the same as the principle of the Church , which is a mistake . They will not see that Religion is different from Phi- losophy , and that the ...
Page 41
... duty or what hope appeals to thee ? My longing , my search is for love , for peace , for something to fill my heart ; an idea to defend ; a work to which I might devote the rest of my strength ; an affection which might quench this ...
... duty or what hope appeals to thee ? My longing , my search is for love , for peace , for something to fill my heart ; an idea to defend ; a work to which I might devote the rest of my strength ; an affection which might quench this ...
Page 53
... duty is less depressing . But salvation lies in the conciliation of duty and happiness , in the union of the individual will with the divine will , and in the faith that this supreme will is directed by love . It is as true that real ...
... duty is less depressing . But salvation lies in the conciliation of duty and happiness , in the union of the individual will with the divine will , and in the faith that this supreme will is directed by love . It is as true that real ...
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