Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2Macmillan, 1905 - 721 pages |
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Page 9
... ness once for all ! Immolation of the self -death to self , this is the only suicide which is either useful or permitted . In my present mood of indifference and disinter- estedness , there is some secret ill - humour , some wounded ...
... ness once for all ! Immolation of the self -death to self , this is the only suicide which is either useful or permitted . In my present mood of indifference and disinter- estedness , there is some secret ill - humour , some wounded ...
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... to that relative truth which may be defined as consistency with self , the harmony of appearance with real- ity , of thought with expression , — in other - words , sincerity , ingenuousness , inward- ness . It 10 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... to that relative truth which may be defined as consistency with self , the harmony of appearance with real- ity , of thought with expression , — in other - words , sincerity , ingenuousness , inward- ness . It 10 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
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... ness . It is personal experience in the strictest sense of the word . 21st September 1868 ( Villars ) .— A lovely autumn effect . Everything was veiled in gloom this morning , and a gray mist of rain floated between us and the whole ...
... ness . It is personal experience in the strictest sense of the word . 21st September 1868 ( Villars ) .— A lovely autumn effect . Everything was veiled in gloom this morning , and a gray mist of rain floated between us and the whole ...
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... ness , - that the great agitators have broken through routine . In a word , the human world is almost entirely directed by the law of nature , and the law of the spirit , which is the leaven of its coarse paste , has but rarely ...
... ness , - that the great agitators have broken through routine . In a word , the human world is almost entirely directed by the law of nature , and the law of the spirit , which is the leaven of its coarse paste , has but rarely ...
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... ness . Ah , the hope of a blessed immor- tality would be better worth having ! With what different eyes one looks at life at ten , at twenty , at thirty , at sixty ! Those who live alone are specially con- scious of this psychological ...
... ness . Ah , the hope of a blessed immor- tality would be better worth having ! With what different eyes one looks at life at ten , at twenty , at thirty , at sixty ! Those who live alone are specially con- scious of this psychological ...
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