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Page xxiii
... instinct , ' he came to his desk as to an altar . ' ' A friend who knew him well , ' says M. Scherer , ' remembers having heard him speak with deep emotion of that lofty serenity of mood which he had experienced during his years in ...
... instinct , ' he came to his desk as to an altar . ' ' A friend who knew him well , ' says M. Scherer , ' remembers having heard him speak with deep emotion of that lofty serenity of mood which he had experienced during his years in ...
Page xxv
... instincts of life , was in Amiel almost constant , and the natural impulse of the human animal towards healthy movement and a normal play of function , never very strong in him , was gradually weakened and destroyed by an untoward ...
... instincts of life , was in Amiel almost constant , and the natural impulse of the human animal towards healthy movement and a normal play of function , never very strong in him , was gradually weakened and destroyed by an untoward ...
Page xxix
... instinct remains , and must in some way be satisfied . And so he takes refuge in what he himself calls scales , exercises , tours de force in verse - translation of the most laborious and difficult kind , in ingenious vers d'occasion ...
... instinct remains , and must in some way be satisfied . And so he takes refuge in what he himself calls scales , exercises , tours de force in verse - translation of the most laborious and difficult kind , in ingenious vers d'occasion ...
Page xxxvii
... instinct , as one declares , ' with a strange and marvellous poetry ; ' full of phrases ' d'une intense suggestion de beauté , ' according to another . Not that the whole of the Journal flows with the same ease , the same felicity ...
... instinct , as one declares , ' with a strange and marvellous poetry ; ' full of phrases ' d'une intense suggestion de beauté , ' according to another . Not that the whole of the Journal flows with the same ease , the same felicity ...
Page xl
... instinct in him is as strong and tenacious as in any of the representative exponents of the life of faith . The intellect is clear and unwavering ; but the heart clings to old traditions , and steadies itself on the rock of duty . His ...
... instinct in him is as strong and tenacious as in any of the representative exponents of the life of faith . The intellect is clear and unwavering ; but the heart clings to old traditions , and steadies itself on the rock of duty . His ...
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