Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page lxii
... feel , to learn , to understand - all these are possible to me if only I may be dis- pensed from willing I have a sort of primitive horror of ambition , of struggle , of - hatred , of all which dissipates the soul and makes lxii AMIEL'S ...
... feel , to learn , to understand - all these are possible to me if only I may be dis- pensed from willing I have a sort of primitive horror of ambition , of struggle , of - hatred , of all which dissipates the soul and makes lxii AMIEL'S ...
Page lxiv
... feel myself to be incapable of anything serious or important . ' Défiance and im- puissance are the words constantly on his lips . My friends see what I might have been ; I see what I am . ' And yet the literary instinct remains , and ...
... feel myself to be incapable of anything serious or important . ' Défiance and im- puissance are the words constantly on his lips . My friends see what I might have been ; I see what I am . ' And yet the literary instinct remains , and ...
Page lxvi
... feeling of those who knew him as they watched his life slipping away unmarked by any of the achievements of which his youth had given promise , and pointed out ... feel to have been tragic . A kind of remorse seizes lxvi AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... feeling of those who knew him as they watched his life slipping away unmarked by any of the achievements of which his youth had given promise , and pointed out ... feel to have been tragic . A kind of remorse seizes lxvi AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
Page 1
... feel , to give , to act : there is my law , my duty , my happiness , my heaven . Let come what come will - even death . Only be at peace with self , live in the presence of God , in communion with Him , and leave the guidance of ...
... feel , to give , to act : there is my law , my duty , my happiness , my heaven . Let come what come will - even death . Only be at peace with self , live in the presence of God , in communion with Him , and leave the guidance of ...
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... feel the reality of a positive world while at the same time detaching us from it . - 30th December 1850. — The relation of thought to action filled my mind on waking , and I found myself carried towards a bizarre formula , which seems ...
... feel the reality of a positive world while at the same time detaching us from it . - 30th December 1850. — The relation of thought to action filled my mind on waking , and I found myself carried towards a bizarre formula , which seems ...
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adore æsthetics Amiel Atheism beauty become believe charm Châteaubriand Christianity Church conscience consciousness critical death desire destiny divine doubt dream duty eternal everything evil existence faith feel force France Freethinkers Freethought French friends Geneva Genevese Genghis Khan genius George Sand German give Goethe happiness harmony heart heaven HENRI-FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL hope human idea ideal illusion imagination impression individual infinite inner instinct intellectual Journal Intime justice kind labour Liberal Christianity liberty literary literature contrasted living Madame de Staël Maine de Biran matter melancholy ment mind monad moral mystery nature ness never once one's oneself ourselves passion peace Pensées perfection philosophy poet poetry possess realise reality religion religious Rousseau Sainte-Beuve Scherer Schopenhauer secret seems sense Shibboleth society soul speak spirit talent things thought tion true truth understand universal Victor Cherbuliez Victor Hugo victory whole word writer