Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2Macmillan, 1905 - 721 pages |
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Page 16
... mystery itself . A woman is something fugitive , irrational , indeter- minable , illogical , and contradictory . A great deal of forbearance ought to be shown her , and a good deal of prudence exercised with regard to her , for she may ...
... mystery itself . A woman is something fugitive , irrational , indeter- minable , illogical , and contradictory . A great deal of forbearance ought to be shown her , and a good deal of prudence exercised with regard to her , for she may ...
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... mysterious law of solidarity . Perdition and redemption in and through each other is the 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 ...
... mysterious law of solidarity . Perdition and redemption in and through each other is the 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 ...
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... mysterious in it , which lends itself to all superstitions and weakens the energies of man . To man belong law , justice , science , and philosophy , all that is disinterested , universal , and rational . Women , on the contrary ...
... mysterious in it , which lends itself to all superstitions and weakens the energies of man . To man belong law , justice , science , and philosophy , all that is disinterested , universal , and rational . Women , on the contrary ...
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... mysteries of the inner life . They seem to be mere clever special pleaders , religious rhetoricians like the Greek sophists , rather than guides in the narrow road which leads to salvation . It is not to the clever folk , nor even to ...
... mysteries of the inner life . They seem to be mere clever special pleaders , religious rhetoricians like the Greek sophists , rather than guides in the narrow road which leads to salvation . It is not to the clever folk , nor even to ...
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... only — or rather the mysterious Isis beyond the veil . Being unmarried , he died in the arms of his secre- tary . He was sixty - five years old . His - power of work and of memory was immense and intact 50 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... only — or rather the mysterious Isis beyond the veil . Being unmarried , he died in the arms of his secre- tary . He was sixty - five years old . His - power of work and of memory was immense and intact 50 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
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