Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Volume 2Macmillan, 1905 - 721 pages |
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Page 57
... harmony is perfection , perfection is our dream , and our dream is heaven . This world of quarrels and of bitterness , of self- ishness , ugliness , and misery , makes us long involuntarily for the eternal peace , for the adoration ...
... harmony is perfection , perfection is our dream , and our dream is heaven . This world of quarrels and of bitterness , of self- ishness , ugliness , and misery , makes us long involuntarily for the eternal peace , for the adoration ...
Page 58
... harmony with the order of the universe . Moral ambition has no pride ; it only desires to fill its place , and make its note duly heard in the univer- sal concert of the God of love . - 30th March 1870. Certainly , Nature is unjust and ...
... harmony with the order of the universe . Moral ambition has no pride ; it only desires to fill its place , and make its note duly heard in the univer- sal concert of the God of love . - 30th March 1870. Certainly , Nature is unjust and ...
Page 61
... harmony of the sexes in a graduated order of functions . America is on the road to revolutionise this ideal by the introduction of the democratic principle of the equality of individuals in a general equality of func- tions . Only ...
... harmony of the sexes in a graduated order of functions . America is on the road to revolutionise this ideal by the introduction of the democratic principle of the equality of individuals in a general equality of func- tions . Only ...
Page 84
... harmony , excellence in all its forms , will always be a rarity of great price , an isolated chef d'œuvre . All that can be expected from the most perfect institutions is that they should make it pos- sible for individual excellence to ...
... harmony , excellence in all its forms , will always be a rarity of great price , an isolated chef d'œuvre . All that can be expected from the most perfect institutions is that they should make it pos- sible for individual excellence to ...
Page 90
... harmony of our will with His , in a word , religion , - here alone is firm ground . Whether this thought be free or necessary , happiness lies in identifying oneself with it . Both the Stoic and the Christian surrender them- selves to ...
... harmony of our will with His , in a word , religion , - here alone is firm ground . Whether this thought be free or necessary , happiness lies in identifying oneself with it . Both the Stoic and the Christian surrender them- selves to ...
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