Amiel's Journal, Volumes 1-2Macmillan, 1923 |
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Page xv
... of character had in many respects spoilt his life , and alienated the society around him ; while his profes- sorial lectures were generally pronounced dry and unattractive , and the few volumes of poems INTRODUCTION . XV.
... of character had in many respects spoilt his life , and alienated the society around him ; while his profes- sorial lectures were generally pronounced dry and unattractive , and the few volumes of poems INTRODUCTION . XV.
Page xlv
... respect for truth , were all offended by the noise , the narrowness , the dogmatism of the triumphant democracy . So that there was no making up on the one side for what he had lost on the other , and he proudly resigned himself to an ...
... respect for truth , were all offended by the noise , the narrowness , the dogmatism of the triumphant democracy . So that there was no making up on the one side for what he had lost on the other , and he proudly resigned himself to an ...
Page xciv
... experience , and the deep respect for truth , which will allow nothing to interfere between thought and its appointed tasks that Amiel's special claim upon us lies . - It is this balance of forces in him which makes xciv AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... experience , and the deep respect for truth , which will allow nothing to interfere between thought and its appointed tasks that Amiel's special claim upon us lies . - It is this balance of forces in him which makes xciv AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
Page 27
... respect the day which is to follow , and then we shall be always ready . To know how to be ready , is at bottom to know how to die . 2d September 1851. Read the work of Tocqueville ( De la Democratie en Amé- rique ) . My impression is ...
... respect the day which is to follow , and then we shall be always ready . To know how to be ready , is at bottom to know how to die . 2d September 1851. Read the work of Tocqueville ( De la Democratie en Amé- rique ) . My impression is ...
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... respecting ; in that of the divine , every creature worth loving . 2d December 1851.- Let mystery have its place in you ; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self - examination , but leave a little fallow ...
... respecting ; in that of the divine , every creature worth loving . 2d December 1851.- Let mystery have its place in you ; do not be always turning up your whole soil with the ploughshare of self - examination , but leave a little fallow ...
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