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Page xxvi
... turn a master . He speaks with dignity and authority , he has a graphic , vigorous prose at command , the form of expression is condensed and epigrammatic , and there is a mixture of enthusiasm and criticism in his description of the ...
... turn a master . He speaks with dignity and authority , he has a graphic , vigorous prose at command , the form of expression is condensed and epigrammatic , and there is a mixture of enthusiasm and criticism in his description of the ...
Page xxx
... turns upon himself . ' It is curious , but the idea of con- sideration has been to me so little of a motive that I have not even been conscious of such an idea . But ought I not to have been conscious of it ? ' he asks himself anxiously ...
... turns upon himself . ' It is curious , but the idea of con- sideration has been to me so little of a motive that I have not even been conscious of such an idea . But ought I not to have been conscious of it ? ' he asks himself anxiously ...
Page xxxvii
... turn away from it ; or rather , I cannot either be content with the second - best , or discover anything which satisfies my aspiration . The real disgusts me , and I can- not find the ideal . ' And so one thing after another is put away ...
... turn away from it ; or rather , I cannot either be content with the second - best , or discover anything which satisfies my aspiration . The real disgusts me , and I can- not find the ideal . ' And so one thing after another is put away ...
Page xlv
... up and destroy her unity waste their breath upon her . She divines the snare laid for her , and turns away . I like this proof of vitality . ' His love of travelling never left him . Paris attracted INTRODUCTION . xlv.
... up and destroy her unity waste their breath upon her . She divines the snare laid for her , and turns away . I like this proof of vitality . ' His love of travelling never left him . Paris attracted INTRODUCTION . xlv.
Page xlvii
... turn of mind was cheerful ; up to the end he was young , a child even , amused by mere nothings ; and whoever had heard him laugh his hearty student's laugh would have found it difficult to identify him with the author of so many sombre ...
... turn of mind was cheerful ; up to the end he was young , a child even , amused by mere nothings ; and whoever had heard him laugh his hearty student's laugh would have found it difficult to identify him with the author of so many sombre ...
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Page 269 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Page 2 - Christianity is above all religious, and religion is not a method, it is a life, a higher and supernatural life, mystical in its root and practical in its fruits, a communion with God, a calm and deep enthusiasm, a love which radiates, a force which acts, a happiness which overflows.
Page 482 - Where are the great, whom thou would'st wish to praise thee ? Where are the pure, whom thou would'st choose to love thee? Where are the brave, to stand supreme above thee, Whose high commands would cheer, whose chidings raise thee? Seek, seeker, in thyself ; submit to find In the stones, bread, and life in the blank mind.
Page xlvii - To the old paths, my soul ! Oh, be it so ! I bear the workday burden of dull life About these footsore flags of a weary world, Heaven knows how long it has not been ; at once, Lo ! I am in the spirit on the Lord's day With John in Patmos. Is it not enough, One day in seven? and if this should go, If this pure solace should desert my mind, What were all else? I dare not risk this loss. To the old paths, my soul ! Sp.
Page 484 - A mesure qu'on a plus d'esprit, on trouve qu'il ya plus d'hommes originaux. Les gens du commun ne trouvent pas de différence entre les hommes.
Page 18 - Reality, the present, the irreparable, the necessary, repel and even terrify me. I have too much imagination, conscience, and penetration, and not enough character. The life of thought alone seems to me to have enough elasticity and immensity, to be free enough from the irreparable ; practical life makes me afraid.
Page 162 - To the materialist philosopher the beautiful is a mere accident, and therefore rare. To the spiritualist philosopher the beautiful is the rule, the law, the universal foundation of things, to which every form returns as soon as the force of accident is withdrawn. Why are we ugly? Because we are not in the angelic state, because we are evil, morose, and unhappy.
Page 290 - It is in the novel that the average vulgarity of German society, and its inferiority to the societies of France and England are most clearly visible. The notion of a thing's jarring on the taste is wanting to German aesthetics.
Page 274 - At bottom, everything depends upon the presence or absence of one single element in the soul — hope. All the activity of man, all his efforts and all his enterprises, presuppose a hope in him of attaining an end. Once kill this hope and his movements become senseless, spasmodic, and convulsive, like those of some one falling from a height.
Page 427 - They are eager for gold, for power, for dominion; their aim is to crush men and to enslave nature. They show an obstinate interest in means, and have not a thought for the end. They confound being with individual being, and the expansion of the self with happiness — that is to say, they do not live by the soul; they ignore the unchangeable and the eternal; they live at the periphery of their being, because they are unable to penetrate to its axis. They are excited, ardent, positive, because they...