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Confessions Of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Book Four: Part 2
From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
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Book Four: Part 2
I returned, not to Nyon, but to Lausanne. I wanted to have a thorough view of the beautiful lake, which is seen there in its utmost extent. The greatest part of my secret determining motives have not been solider. Distant views are seldom powerful enough to make me act. The uncertainty of future times has always made me regard projects of long execution as the lures of deceit. I give in to hope like another, provided it costs me nothing to entertain it; but if it requires a long and painful attendance, I have done with it. The least trifling ...
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