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Page xv
... happiness and steady intellectual expansion . They were Amiel's Wanderjahre , spent in a free , wandering student life , which left deep marks on his intellectual development . During four years , from 1844 to 1848 , his headquarters ...
... happiness and steady intellectual expansion . They were Amiel's Wanderjahre , spent in a free , wandering student life , which left deep marks on his intellectual development . During four years , from 1844 to 1848 , his headquarters ...
Page xvi
... happiest period of his life . The spell which Berlin laid upon him lasted long . ' Probably his happiness in Germany was partly owing to a sense of reaction against Geneva . There are signs that he had felt himself somewhat isolated at ...
... happiest period of his life . The spell which Berlin laid upon him lasted long . ' Probably his happiness in Germany was partly owing to a sense of reaction against Geneva . There are signs that he had felt himself somewhat isolated at ...
Page xx
... happier and saner . As it was , Amiel threw himself into the competition for the chair , was appointed professor , and then found himself in a hopelessly false position , placed on the threshold of life , in relations and surroundings ...
... happier and saner . As it was , Amiel threw himself into the competition for the chair , was appointed professor , and then found himself in a hopelessly false position , placed on the threshold of life , in relations and surroundings ...
Page xxiv
... happiness , led Amiel straight into the wilderness of abstract speculation . And the longer he lingered in the wilder- ness , unchecked by any sense of intellectual responsibility , and far from the sounds of human life , the stranger ...
... happiness , led Amiel straight into the wilderness of abstract speculation . And the longer he lingered in the wilder- ness , unchecked by any sense of intellectual responsibility , and far from the sounds of human life , the stranger ...
Page xli
... happiness which overflows . ' And the faith of his youth and his maturity bears the shock of suffering , and supports him through his last hours . He writes a few months before the end : " The animal expires ; man surrenders his soul to ...
... happiness which overflows . ' And the faith of his youth and his maturity bears the shock of suffering , and supports him through his last hours . He writes a few months before the end : " The animal expires ; man surrenders his soul to ...
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Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frederic Amiel - Primary Source ... Henri édéric Amiel,Humphry Ward No preview available - 2014 |
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