Book Excerptoral, as Amiel. In your pathetic description of the volont qui voudrait vouloir, mais impuissante se fournir elle-m me des motifs--of the repugnance for all action--the soul petrified by the sentiment of the infinite, in all this I recognize myself. Celui qui a d chiffr le secret de la vie finie, qui en a lu le mot, est sorti du monde des vivants, il est mort de fait. I can feel forcibly the truth of this, as it applies to myself...