Amiel's Journal, Volumes 1-2Macmillan, 1923 |
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Page xiv
... soul's cry for inward 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 ...
... soul's cry for inward 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 ...
Page xxi
... soul which has lived through the same struggles , men- tal and moral , as Amiel . In your pathetic description of the volonté qui voudrait vou- loir , mais impuissante à se fournir à elle- même des motifs , of the repugnance for all ...
... soul which has lived through the same struggles , men- tal and moral , as Amiel . In your pathetic description of the volonté qui voudrait vou- loir , mais impuissante à se fournir à elle- même des motifs , of the repugnance for all ...
Page lvi
... soul's tragedy , another story of conflict and failure , which throws fresh light on the mysterious capacities of human nature , and warns us , as the letters of Obermann in their day warned the gen- eration of George Sand , that with ...
... soul's tragedy , another story of conflict and failure , which throws fresh light on the mysterious capacities of human nature , and warns us , as the letters of Obermann in their day warned the gen- eration of George Sand , that with ...
Page lxiii
Henri Frédéric Amiel. hatred , of all which dissipates the soul and makes it dependent on external things and aims ... soul ! ' And in close combination with the specu- lative sense , with the tendency which car- ries a man toward the ...
Henri Frédéric Amiel. hatred , of all which dissipates the soul and makes it dependent on external things and aims ... soul ! ' And in close combination with the specu- lative sense , with the tendency which car- ries a man toward the ...
Page lxiv
... soul , paralysis of the will , complete self - dis- trust . To know is enough for me ; expres- sion seems to me often a profanity . What I lack is character , will , individuality . ' - " By what mystery , ' he writes to M. Scherer ...
... soul , paralysis of the will , complete self - dis- trust . To know is enough for me ; expres- sion seems to me often a profanity . What I lack is character , will , individuality . ' - " By what mystery , ' he writes to M. Scherer ...
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