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Page vii
... hands of Amiel's literary heirs . They were written , ' said the Avertissement , ' with several ends in view . Amiel recorded in them his various occupations , and the incidents of each day . He preserved in them his psychological ...
... hands of Amiel's literary heirs . They were written , ' said the Avertissement , ' with several ends in view . Amiel recorded in them his various occupations , and the incidents of each day . He preserved in them his psychological ...
Page xiv
... hand has been boldest in draw- ing aside the veil , and their eye keenest in fathoming the mysteries beyond it — had not better , like the prophetess of Ilion , have kept for heaven , and heaven only , secrets and mysteries which human ...
... hand has been boldest in draw- ing aside the veil , and their eye keenest in fathoming the mysteries beyond it — had not better , like the prophetess of Ilion , have kept for heaven , and heaven only , secrets and mysteries which human ...
Page xx
... hands of the new govern- ment , two years after the violent measures which had marked its accession , without breaking any pledges or sacrificing any convic- tions . But none the less the step was a fatal one . M. Renan is so far in the ...
... hands of the new govern- ment , two years after the violent measures which had marked its accession , without breaking any pledges or sacrificing any convic- tions . But none the less the step was a fatal one . M. Renan is so far in the ...
Page xxii
... hand , did he not give us cause to admire the variety of his knowledge , the precision of his ideas , the charm of his quick intelligence ! We found him always , besides , kindly and amiable , a nature one might trust and lean upon with ...
... hand , did he not give us cause to admire the variety of his knowledge , the precision of his ideas , the charm of his quick intelligence ! We found him always , besides , kindly and amiable , a nature one might trust and lean upon with ...
Page xxviii
... hand can rival , to make the reasons of his failure and isolation clear both to himself and others . To love , to dream , to feel , to learn , to understand - all these are possible to me if only I may be dispensed from willing — I have ...
... hand can rival , to make the reasons of his failure and isolation clear both to himself and others . To love , to dream , to feel , to learn , to understand - all these are possible to me if only I may be dispensed from willing — I have ...
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Page 168 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Page 289 - ... la prier, La cruelle qu'elle est se bouche les oreilles Et nous laisse crier. Le pauvre en sa cabane, où le chaume le couvre, Est sujet à ses lois; Et la garde qui veille aux barrières du Louvre N'en défend point nos rois. De murmurer contre elle et perdre patience, II est mal à propos; Vouloir ce que Dieu veut est la seule science Qui nous met en repos.
Page 244 - Chacun se réveille à ce son, Les Brebis, le Chien, le Garçon. Le pauvre Loup, dans cet esclandre, Empêché par son hoqueton, Ne put ni fuir ni se défendre. Toujours par quelque endroit fourbes se laissent prendre. Quiconque est Loup agisse en Loup : C'est le plus certain de beaucoup.
Page 304 - Entre toutes les différentes expressions qui peuvent rendre une seule de nos pensées, il n'y en a qu'une qui soit la bonne. On ne la rencontre pas toujours en parlant ou en écrivant ; il est vrai néanmoins qu'elle existe, que tout ce qui ne l'est point est faible, et ne satisfait point un homme d'esprit qui veut se faire entendre.
Page 299 - 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 xli - 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 2 - Never to tire, never to grow cold ; to be patient, sympathetic, tender ; to look for the budding flower and the opening heart ; to hope always, like God ; to love always, — this is duty.
Page 9 - 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 105 - The ideal, after all, is truer than the real : for the ideal is the eternal element in perishable things : it is their type, their sum, their raison d'&tre, their formula in the book of the Creator, and therefore at once the most exact and the most condensed expression of them.
Page 182 - 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.