Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xx
... ourselves , although the Journal has attracted the attention of all who keep a vigilant eye on the progress of foreign literature , and although one or two appre- ciative articles have appeared on it in the magazines , the book has ...
... ourselves , although the Journal has attracted the attention of all who keep a vigilant eye on the progress of foreign literature , and although one or two appre- ciative articles have appeared on it in the magazines , the book has ...
Page xciii
... ourselves before Jesus . We may be suspicious of the clergy and refuse to have anything to do with catechisms , and yet love the Holy and the Just who came to save and not to curse . " And in fact Amiel's whole life and thought are ...
... ourselves before Jesus . We may be suspicious of the clergy and refuse to have anything to do with catechisms , and yet love the Holy and the Just who came to save and not to curse . " And in fact Amiel's whole life and thought are ...
Page 1
... ourselves from all that is capable of being lost , to bind ourselves ab- solutely only to what is absolute and eternal , and to enjoy the rest as a loan , a usufruct . To adore , to understand , to receive , to feel , to give , to act ...
... ourselves from all that is capable of being lost , to bind ourselves ab- solutely only to what is absolute and eternal , and to enjoy the rest as a loan , a usufruct . To adore , to understand , to receive , to feel , to give , to act ...
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... ourselves at once very small and very great , and we are able , as it were , to survey from the height of the spheres our own existence , and the little whirlwinds which agitate our little Europe . At bottom there is but one subject of ...
... ourselves at once very small and very great , and we are able , as it were , to survey from the height of the spheres our own existence , and the little whirlwinds which agitate our little Europe . At bottom there is but one subject of ...
Page 17
... ourselves contribute ? A few grea ' old men - Schelling , Alexander von Hum- boldt , Schlosser still link us with the glo- rious past . Who is preparing to bear the weight of the future ? A shiver seizes us when the ranks grow thin ...
... ourselves contribute ? A few grea ' old men - Schelling , Alexander von Hum- boldt , Schlosser still link us with the glo- rious past . Who is preparing to bear the weight of the future ? A shiver seizes us when the ranks grow thin ...
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