Chapter III: Part SIX: The Conscience of Europe

I. THE WARDEN OF THE INHERITANCE 257

II. FOREARMED 260

III. THE PLACE OF REFUGE 264

IV. THE SERVICE OF MAN 268

V. THE TRIBUNAL OF THE SPIRIT 271

VI. THE CONTROVERSY WITH GERHARDT HAUPTMANN 277

VII. THE CORRESPONDENCE WITH VERHAEREN 281

VIII. THE EUROPEAN CONSCIENCE 285

IX. THE MANIFESTOES 289

X. ABOVE THE BATTLE 293

XI. THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST HATRED 297

XII. OPPONENTS 304

XIII. FRIENDS 311

XIV. THE LETTERS 317

XV. THE COUNSELOR 320

XVI. THE SOLITARY 324

XVII. THE DIARY 327

XVIII. THE FORERUNNERS AND EMPEDOCLES 329

XIX. LILULI 335

XX. CLERAMBAULT 339

XXI. THE LAST APPEAL 348

XXII. DECLARATION OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE MIND 351

XXIII. ENVOY 355

BIBLIOGRAPHY 357

INDEX 371

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Romain Rolland after a drawing by Granié (1909) _Frontispiece_

FACING PAGE

Romain Rolland at the Normal School 12

Leo Tolstoi's Letter 20

Rolland's Transcript of Francesco Provenzale's Aria from _Lo Schiavo di sua Moglie_ 34

Rolland's Transcript of a Melody by Paul Dupin, _L'Oncle Gottfried_ 35

Romain Rolland at the Time of Writing _Beethoven_ 142

Romain Rolland at the Time of Writing _Jean Christophe_ 162

Romain Rolland at the Time of Writing _Above the Battle_ 294

Rolland's Mother 324

Original Manuscript of _The Declaration of the Independence of the Mind_ 352