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Page vii
... peace , might make themselves freely heard . . . . In the directions concerning his papers which he left behind him , Amiel expressed the wish that his literary executors should publish those parts of the Journal which might seem to ...
... peace , might make themselves freely heard . . . . In the directions concerning his papers which he left behind him , Amiel expressed the wish that his literary executors should publish those parts of the Journal which might seem to ...
Page xxi
... of taking any interest in my talents for their own sake , I let everything slip as soon as the hope of being loved for them and by them had forsaken me . A hermit against my will , I have not even found peace INTRODUCTION xxi.
... of taking any interest in my talents for their own sake , I let everything slip as soon as the hope of being loved for them and by them had forsaken me . A hermit against my will , I have not even found peace INTRODUCTION xxi.
Page xxii
... peace in solitude , because my inmost conscience has not been any better satisfied than my heart . ' Still one may no doubt easily exaggerate this loneliness of Amiel's . His social difficulties represent rather a dull discomfort in his ...
... peace in solitude , because my inmost conscience has not been any better satisfied than my heart . ' Still one may no doubt easily exaggerate this loneliness of Amiel's . His social difficulties represent rather a dull discomfort in his ...
Page xli
... , reluctance be- comes docility , renunciation passes into peace , and the sense of painful defeat is lost in the sense of recovered liberty'- ' Tout est bien , mon Dieu m'enveloppe . ' Nor is this all . It is not only that INTRODUCTION ...
... , reluctance be- comes docility , renunciation passes into peace , and the sense of painful defeat is lost in the sense of recovered liberty'- ' Tout est bien , mon Dieu m'enveloppe . ' Nor is this all . It is not only that INTRODUCTION ...
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... peace with self , live in the presence of God , in com- munion with Him , and leave the guidance of existence to those universal powers against whom thou canst do nothing ! —If death gives me time , so much the better . If its summons ...
... peace with self , live in the presence of God , in com- munion with Him , and leave the guidance of existence to those universal powers against whom thou canst do nothing ! —If death gives me time , so much the better . If its summons ...
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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 |
Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri Frederic Amiel Henri-Frederic Amiel No preview available - 2016 |
Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel Henri Frederic Amiel,Humphry Ward No preview available - 2018 |
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