Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2Macmillan, 1905 - 721 pages |
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Page 8
... possible for an instant . I see infirmity and weakness close upon me , I feel I cannot do without affection , and I know that I have no ambi- tion , and that my faculties are declining . I remember that I am forty - seven years old ...
... possible for an instant . I see infirmity and weakness close upon me , I feel I cannot do without affection , and I know that I have no ambi- tion , and that my faculties are declining . I remember that I am forty - seven years old ...
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... possible grief for each soul is in proportion to its degree of per- fection . He who is too much afraid of being duped has lost the power of being magnanimous . Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us 16 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... possible grief for each soul is in proportion to its degree of per- fection . He who is too much afraid of being duped has lost the power of being magnanimous . Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us 16 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
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... possible views of history : the view of the pessimist , who starts from the ideal ; the view of the optimist , who compares the past with the present ; and the view of the hero- worshipper , who sees that all progress what- ever has ...
... possible views of history : the view of the pessimist , who starts from the ideal ; the view of the optimist , who compares the past with the present ; and the view of the hero- worshipper , who sees that all progress what- ever has ...
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... possible . I wandered along the Rhone and the Arve , and all the memories of the past , all the disappointments of the present , and all the anxieties of the future , laid siege to my heart like a whirlwind of phantoms . I took account ...
... possible . I wandered along the Rhone and the Arve , and all the memories of the past , all the disappointments of the present , and all the anxieties of the future , laid siege to my heart like a whirlwind of phantoms . I took account ...
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... possible admixture of individuality . I am to the great majority of men what the circle is to rectilinear figures ; I am every- where at home , because I have no particu- lar and nominative self . Perhaps , on the whole , this defect ...
... possible admixture of individuality . I am to the great majority of men what the circle is to rectilinear figures ; I am every- where at home , because I have no particu- lar and nominative self . Perhaps , on the whole , this defect ...
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