Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2 |
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Page 14
... realised that strong craving which many feel for the last words , the last looks , of those they love ! Such words and looks are a kind of testa- ment . They have a solemn and sacred char- acter which is not merely an effect of our ...
... realised that strong craving which many feel for the last words , the last looks , of those they love ! Such words and looks are a kind of testa- ment . They have a solemn and sacred char- acter which is not merely an effect of our ...
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... realise it is a different matter . A church lives by what is positive , and this positive element necessarily limits investigation . People confound the right of the individual , which is to be free , with the duty of the institution ...
... realise it is a different matter . A church lives by what is positive , and this positive element necessarily limits investigation . People confound the right of the individual , which is to be free , with the duty of the institution ...
Page 64
... realised salvation by faith in the infinite mercy , and in the pardon granted to simple repentance . By his saying , ' There is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repent- eth than over ninety and nine just persons who need 64 ...
... realised salvation by faith in the infinite mercy , and in the pardon granted to simple repentance . By his saying , ' There is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repent- eth than over ninety and nine just persons who need 64 ...
Page 73
... realising your ideal ; happiness is a chimera , progress is an illusion , the passion for perfection is a snare ; and supposing all your ambitions were gratified , everything would still be vanity , ' then he comes to see that a little ...
... realising your ideal ; happiness is a chimera , progress is an illusion , the passion for perfection is a snare ; and supposing all your ambitions were gratified , everything would still be vanity , ' then he comes to see that a little ...
Page 164
... realising it . Universal suf- frage is not a dogma — it is an instrument ; and according to the population in whose hands it is placed , the instrument is ser- viceable or deadly to the proprietor . - - 27th February 1874. — Among the ...
... realising it . Universal suf- frage is not a dogma — it is an instrument ; and according to the population in whose hands it is placed , the instrument is ser- viceable or deadly to the proprietor . - - 27th February 1874. — Among the ...
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