Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2 |
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Page 14
... painful state of anxiety as to my poor kind friend , Charles Heim . . . . Since the 30th November I have had no letter from the dear invalid , who then said his last farewell to me . How long these two weeks have seemed to me , and how ...
... painful state of anxiety as to my poor kind friend , Charles Heim . . . . Since the 30th November I have had no letter from the dear invalid , who then said his last farewell to me . How long these two weeks have seemed to me , and how ...
Page 63
... pain ? ' O Death , where is thy sting ? O Grave , where is thy victory ? ' - By long brooding over this theme - the agony of the just , peace in the midst of agony , and the heavenly beauty of such peace - hu- manity came to understand ...
... pain ? ' O Death , where is thy sting ? O Grave , where is thy victory ? ' - By long brooding over this theme - the agony of the just , peace in the midst of agony , and the heavenly beauty of such peace - hu- manity came to understand ...
Page 64
... pain the beginning of joy . And so , for those who have believed , the tomb becomes heaven , and on the funeral pyre of life they sing the hosanna of im- mortality ; a sacred madness has renewed the face of the world for them , and when ...
... pain the beginning of joy . And so , for those who have believed , the tomb becomes heaven , and on the funeral pyre of life they sing the hosanna of im- mortality ; a sacred madness has renewed the face of the world for them , and when ...
Page 91
... painful process has taken the place of the old harmony , the old equilibrium , the old joy and fulness of being . We are all so many fauns , satyrs , or Silenuses , aspiring to become angels ; so many deformities labouring for our own ...
... painful process has taken the place of the old harmony , the old equilibrium , the old joy and fulness of being . We are all so many fauns , satyrs , or Silenuses , aspiring to become angels ; so many deformities labouring for our own ...
Page 96
... knowingly and gladly to the common wealth . Even self - love itself is obliged to help on the gen- eral action , under pain of rebuff should it make itself apparent . - 18th February 1871. It is in the novel that 96 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... knowingly and gladly to the common wealth . Even self - love itself is obliged to help on the gen- eral action , under pain of rebuff should it make itself apparent . - 18th February 1871. It is in the novel that 96 AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
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