Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xxvi
... religious problems and ideas in which the air of Geneva has been steeped since the days of Calvin . The religious teaching which a Genevese lad undergoes prior to his admission to full Church membership , made a deep impression on him ...
... religious problems and ideas in which the air of Geneva has been steeped since the days of Calvin . The religious teaching which a Genevese lad undergoes prior to his admission to full Church membership , made a deep impression on him ...
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... religious , delight in the exercise of his power . Knowledge , science , stirred in him no mere sense of curiosity or cold critical instinct , he came to his desk as to an altar . ' A friend who knew him well , ' says M. Scherer ...
... religious , delight in the exercise of his power . Knowledge , science , stirred in him no mere sense of curiosity or cold critical instinct , he came to his desk as to an altar . ' A friend who knew him well , ' says M. Scherer ...
Page lxi
... religious organisations , literature , art - was of the keenest kind . And yet at the time of his death all that this fine critic and profound thinker had given to the world , after a life entirely spent in the pursuit of letters , was ...
... religious organisations , literature , art - was of the keenest kind . And yet at the time of his death all that this fine critic and profound thinker had given to the world , after a life entirely spent in the pursuit of letters , was ...
Page lxxvii
... religious soul- -they are all here , and the Dernier Mot with which the sad little volume ends is poor Amiel's epitaph on himself , his conscious farewell to that more public aspect of his life in which he had suffered much and achieved ...
... religious soul- -they are all here , and the Dernier Mot with which the sad little volume ends is poor Amiel's epitaph on himself , his conscious farewell to that more public aspect of his life in which he had suffered much and achieved ...
Page lxxxviii
... religious minds , the natures for whom God and duty are the foundation of existence . Here , indeed , we come to the innermost secret of Amiel's charm , the fact which probably goes farther than any other to explain his fascination for ...
... religious minds , the natures for whom God and duty are the foundation of existence . Here , indeed , we come to the innermost secret of Amiel's charm , the fact which probably goes farther than any other to explain his fascination for ...
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