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Page xii
... the living live ; and you , gather together your thoughts , leave behind you a legacy of feeling and ideas ; you will be most useful so . ' • MARY A. WARD . INTRODUCTION . It was in the last days of December xii AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
... the living live ; and you , gather together your thoughts , leave behind you a legacy of feeling and ideas ; you will be most useful so . ' • MARY A. WARD . INTRODUCTION . It was in the last days of December xii AMIEL'S JOURNAL .
Page xxv
... ideas of 1830 were shaking the fabric and disturbing the equilibrium of the Swiss Confederation as a whole , and of many of the cantons composing it . Geneva was still apparently tranquil while her neighbours were disturbed , but no one ...
... ideas of 1830 were shaking the fabric and disturbing the equilibrium of the Swiss Confederation as a whole , and of many of the cantons composing it . Geneva was still apparently tranquil while her neighbours were disturbed , but no one ...
Page xxix
... ideas , and rally them round that Christian banner which is the banner of true progress and true civilisa- tion . The Renaissance is treated as a dis- astrous but inevitable crisis , in which the idealism of the Middle Ages was ...
... ideas , and rally them round that Christian banner which is the banner of true progress and true civilisa- tion . The Renaissance is treated as a dis- astrous but inevitable crisis , in which the idealism of the Middle Ages was ...
Page xxxv
... ideas of our historical age , and during another half - century , perhaps another century , notre grande affaire sera de les repenser . ' He is inclined to compare the influence of German ideas on the mod- ern world to the ferment of ...
... ideas of our historical age , and during another half - century , perhaps another century , notre grande affaire sera de les repenser . ' He is inclined to compare the influence of German ideas on the mod- ern world to the ferment of ...
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... idea of consideration has been to me so little of a motive that I have not even been conscious of such an idea . But ought I not to have been conscious of it ? ' he asks himself anxiously , -'ought I not to have been more careful to win ...
... idea of consideration has been to me so little of a motive that I have not even been conscious of such an idea . But ought I not to have been conscious of it ? ' he asks himself anxiously , -'ought I not to have been more careful to win ...
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