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Page vii
... impressions produced on him by books . But his Journal was , above all , the confidant of his most private and intimate thoughts ; a means whereby the thinker became conscious of his own inner life ; a safe shelter wherein his ...
... impressions produced on him by books . But his Journal was , above all , the confidant of his most private and intimate thoughts ; a means whereby the thinker became conscious of his own inner life ; a safe shelter wherein his ...
Page viii
... impression made by it was deepened and extended by the publication of the second volume in 1884 ; and it is now not too much to say that this remarkable record of a life has made its way to what promises to be a permanent place in ...
... impression made by it was deepened and extended by the publication of the second volume in 1884 ; and it is now not too much to say that this remarkable record of a life has made its way to what promises to be a permanent place in ...
Page x
... impression already made on contemporary thought by the Journal Intime . ' I wish to convey to you , sir , ' writes the Rector of Lincoln , ' the thanks of one at least of the public for giving the light to this precious record of a ...
... impression already made on contemporary thought by the Journal Intime . ' I wish to convey to you , sir , ' writes the Rector of Lincoln , ' the thanks of one at least of the public for giving the light to this precious record of a ...
Page xiii
... impression on him , and certain mystical elements of character , which remained strong in him to the end , showed themselves very early . At the Collège or Public School of Geneva , and at the Académie , he would seem to have done only ...
... impression on him , and certain mystical elements of character , which remained strong in him to the end , showed themselves very early . At the Collège or Public School of Geneva , and at the Académie , he would seem to have done only ...
Page xviii
... impressions , observations , thoughts , how many forms of men and things , have passed before me and in me since April 1843 , ' he writes in the Journal , two or three months after his return . ' The last seven years have been the most ...
... impressions , observations , thoughts , how many forms of men and things , have passed before me and in me since April 1843 , ' he writes in the Journal , two or three months after his return . ' The last seven years have been the most ...
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