Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page lxxvii
... death , and the struggle with failing power which the Journal reveals to us in its saddest and most intimate reality , is here expressed in more reserved and measured form . Faith , doubt , submission , tenderness of feeling , infinite ...
... death , and the struggle with failing power which the Journal reveals to us in its saddest and most intimate reality , is here expressed in more reserved and measured form . Faith , doubt , submission , tenderness of feeling , infinite ...
Page xciii
... death unto sin and a new birth unto righteousness . ' ' The religion of sin , of repentance and reconciliation , ' he cries , ' the religion of the new birth and of eternal life , is not a religion to be ashamed of . ' The world has ...
... death unto sin and a new birth unto righteousness . ' ' The religion of sin , of repentance and reconciliation , ' he cries , ' the religion of the new birth and of eternal life , is not a religion to be ashamed of . ' The world has ...
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... death . Only be at peace with self , live in the presence of God , in communion with Him , and leave the guidance of existence to those universal powers against whom thou canst do noth- - mc -- ing i . If death gives me time I.
... death . Only be at peace with self , live in the presence of God , in communion with Him , and leave the guidance of existence to those universal powers against whom thou canst do noth- - mc -- ing i . If death gives me time I.
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... death gives me time , so much the better . If its summons is near , so much the better still ; if a half - death overtake still so much the better . for so the path of success is closed to me only that I may find opening before me the ...
... death gives me time , so much the better . If its summons is near , so much the better still ; if a half - death overtake still so much the better . for so the path of success is closed to me only that I may find opening before me the ...
Page 8
... death . There is no serious piety without heroism . Heroism is the dazzling and glo- rious concentration of courage . Duty has the virtue of making us feel the reality of a positive world while at the same time detaching us from it ...
... death . There is no serious piety without heroism . Heroism is the dazzling and glo- rious concentration of courage . Duty has the virtue of making us feel the reality of a positive world while at the same time detaching us from it ...
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adore æsthetics Amiel Atheism beauty become believe charm Châteaubriand Christianity Church conscience consciousness critical death desire destiny divine doubt dream duty eternal everything evil existence faith feel force France Freethinkers Freethought French friends Geneva Genevese Genghis Khan genius George Sand German give Goethe happiness harmony heart heaven HENRI-FRÉDÉRIC AMIEL hope human idea ideal illusion imagination impression individual infinite inner instinct intellectual Journal Intime justice kind labour Liberal Christianity liberty literary literature contrasted living Madame de Staël Maine de Biran matter melancholy ment mind monad moral mystery nature ness never once one's oneself ourselves passion peace Pensées perfection philosophy poet poetry possess realise reality religion religious Rousseau Sainte-Beuve Scherer Schopenhauer secret seems sense Shibboleth society soul speak spirit talent things thought tion true truth understand universal Victor Cherbuliez Victor Hugo victory whole word writer