Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intime of Henri-Frédéric AmielMacmillan, 1893 - 721 pages |
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Page xci
... things , and the soul's inward law , as it has been painfully elabo- rated by human history , the only revelation of God . The only but the sufficient revelation ! For this first article of a reasonable creed is the key to all else ...
... things , and the soul's inward law , as it has been painfully elabo- rated by human history , the only revelation of God . The only but the sufficient revelation ! For this first article of a reasonable creed is the key to all else ...
Page 3
... things , have since then passed before me and in me ! The last seven years have been the most important of my life they have been the novitiate of my intelligence , the initiation of my being into being . Three snowstorms this afternoon ...
... things , have since then passed before me and in me ! The last seven years have been the most important of my life they have been the novitiate of my intelligence , the initiation of my being into being . Three snowstorms this afternoon ...
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... things ; on the other , a decline of souls . The useful will take the place of the beautiful , industry of art , po- litical economy of religion , and arithmetic of poetry . The spleen will become the malady of a levelling age . Is this ...
... things ; on the other , a decline of souls . The useful will take the place of the beautiful , industry of art , po- litical economy of religion , and arithmetic of poetry . The spleen will become the malady of a levelling age . Is this ...
Page 41
... things one must keep a pure conscience . Prudence may be preached from this point of view too . Be ye simple as the dove and pru . dent as the serpent , ' are words of Jesus . Be careful of your reputation , not through vanity , but ...
... things one must keep a pure conscience . Prudence may be preached from this point of view too . Be ye simple as the dove and pru . dent as the serpent , ' are words of Jesus . Be careful of your reputation , not through vanity , but ...
Page 43
... things earthly . If night and the starry sky speak to the meditative soul of God , of eternity and the infinite , the dawn is the time for projects , for resolutions , for the birth of action . While the silence and the ' sad serenity ...
... things earthly . If night and the starry sky speak to the meditative soul of God , of eternity and the infinite , the dawn is the time for projects , for resolutions , for the birth of action . While the silence and the ' sad serenity ...
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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