Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xlvii
... conscience has not been any better satisfied than my heart . ' Still one may no doubt easily exaggerate this loneliness of Amiel's . His social diffi- culties represent rather a dull discomfort in his life , which in course of time ...
... conscience has not been any better satisfied than my heart . ' Still one may no doubt easily exaggerate this loneliness of Amiel's . His social diffi- culties represent rather a dull discomfort in his life , which in course of time ...
Page lviii
... conscience , and penetration , and not enough character . The life of thought alone seems to me to have enough elasticity and immensity , to be free enough from the irreparable ; practical life makes me afraid . I am distrustful of ...
... conscience , and penetration , and not enough character . The life of thought alone seems to me to have enough elasticity and immensity , to be free enough from the irreparable ; practical life makes me afraid . I am distrustful of ...
Page lxv
... conscience suffers , and he makes resolution after reso- lution to shake himself free from the mental tradition which had taken such hold upon him to write , to produce , to satisfy his friends . In 1861 , a year after M. Scherer had ...
... conscience suffers , and he makes resolution after reso- lution to shake himself free from the mental tradition which had taken such hold upon him to write , to produce , to satisfy his friends . In 1861 , a year after M. Scherer had ...
Page xc
... Conscience and the moral progress of the race , these are his points of departure . Faith in the reality of the moral law is what he clings to when his inherited creed has yielded to the pressure of the intellect , and after all the ...
... Conscience and the moral progress of the race , these are his points of departure . Faith in the reality of the moral law is what he clings to when his inherited creed has yielded to the pressure of the intellect , and after all the ...
Page 17
... conscience is a solemn summons in the life of every man , solemn and awful as the trumpet of the last judg- ment . It cries , ' Art thou ready ? Give an account . Give an account of thy years , thy leisure , thy strength , thy studies ...
... conscience is a solemn summons in the life of every man , solemn and awful as the trumpet of the last judg- ment . It cries , ' Art thou ready ? Give an account . Give an account of thy years , thy leisure , thy strength , thy studies ...
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