BY
ROMAIN ROLLAND

TRANSLATED BY
C. K. OGDEN, M. A.
(Editor of The Cambridge Magazine)

CHICAGO
THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING COMPANY
1916

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Copyright 1916
The Open Court Pub. Co., Chicago.
First published in 1916.
(All rights reserved.)

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[Introduction]
[Contents]
[Preface]
[Notes]
[Footnotes]

INTRODUCTION

"Over the carnage rose prophetic a voice,
Be not dishearten'd, affection shall solve the problem of freedom yet.
. . . . . . . . .
(Were you looking to be held together by lawyers?
Or by an agreement on a paper? or by arms?
Nay, nor the world, nor any living thing, will so cohere.)"