Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2Macmillan, 1905 - 721 pages |
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... seem to myself the ex- pression . The heart opens to the immensity of things . This is what I love ! Nam mihi res , non me rebus submittere conor . 12th April 1868 ( Easter Day ) , Mornex , Eight A.M. -The day has opened solemnly and ...
... seem to myself the ex- pression . The heart opens to the immensity of things . This is what I love ! Nam mihi res , non me rebus submittere conor . 12th April 1868 ( Easter Day ) , Mornex , Eight A.M. -The day has opened solemnly and ...
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... seem to us more mediocre , more ugly , more deformed than before . If the passion for equality potentially raises the average , it really degrades nineteen - twen- tieths of individuals below their former place . There is a progress in ...
... seem to us more mediocre , more ugly , more deformed than before . If the passion for equality potentially raises the average , it really degrades nineteen - twen- tieths of individuals below their former place . There is a progress in ...
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... seems to me to possess a vigor- ous and profound mind , rather than a free mind . Not only is he dogmatic , but he dogmatises in favour of a given religion , to which his whole allegiance is pledged . Besides , Christianity , being an X ...
... seems to me to possess a vigor- ous and profound mind , rather than a free mind . Not only is he dogmatic , but he dogmatises in favour of a given religion , to which his whole allegiance is pledged . Besides , Christianity , being an X ...
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... For that which is on the brink of death already participates to some extent in eternity . A dying man seems to speak to us from beyond the tomb ; what he says has the effect upon us of a sentence , an 14 AMIEL'S JOUrnal .
... For that which is on the brink of death already participates to some extent in eternity . A dying man seems to speak to us from beyond the tomb ; what he says has the effect upon us of a sentence , an 14 AMIEL'S JOUrnal .
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... seems to be impossible to her , and complete self - knowledge seems to be forbidden her . If she is a sphinx to us , it is because she is a riddle of doubtful mean- ing even to herself . She has no need of perfidy , for she is mystery ...
... seems to be impossible to her , and complete self - knowledge seems to be forbidden her . If she is a sphinx to us , it is because she is a riddle of doubtful mean- ing even to herself . She has no need of perfidy , for she is mystery ...
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