Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri Frédéric Amiel, Volumes 1-2 |
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Page xiv
... wish that his literary executors should publish those parts of the Journal which might seem to them to possess either in- terest as thought or value as experience . The publication of this volume is the fulfil- ment of this desire . The ...
... wish that his literary executors should publish those parts of the Journal which might seem to them to possess either in- terest as thought or value as experience . The publication of this volume is the fulfil- ment of this desire . The ...
Page xxi
... wish to convey to you , sir , ' writes the Rector of Lincoln , the thanks of one at least of the public for giving the light to this precious record of a unique experience . I say unique , but I can vouch that there is in existence at ...
... wish to convey to you , sir , ' writes the Rector of Lincoln , the thanks of one at least of the public for giving the light to this precious record of a unique experience . I say unique , but I can vouch that there is in existence at ...
Page xxii
... wish may find its satisfaction . It is an innocent one , and the public may even be said to have a kind of right to know as much as can be told it of the personalities which move and stir it . At present the biographical material ...
... wish may find its satisfaction . It is an innocent one , and the public may even be said to have a kind of right to know as much as can be told it of the personalities which move and stir it . At present the biographical material ...
Page lxiii
... wish to produce and the power to execute . ' It is the result of what he himself calls ' l'éblouissement de l'infini . ' He no sooner makes a step towards production , towards action and the realisation of himself , than a vague sense ...
... wish to produce and the power to execute . ' It is the result of what he himself calls ' l'éblouissement de l'infini . ' He no sooner makes a step towards production , towards action and the realisation of himself , than a vague sense ...
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... wish to fulfil my duty but where is it , what is it ? Here inclination comes in again and interprets the oracle . And the ultimate question is this : Does duty con- sist in obeying one's nature , even the best and most spiritual ? or in ...
... wish to fulfil my duty but where is it , what is it ? Here inclination comes in again and interprets the oracle . And the ultimate question is this : Does duty con- sist in obeying one's nature , even the best and most spiritual ? or in ...
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