Pure Intellect

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Inscriptions for the Palais de Chaillot vi
4. Introduction. Paul Valery: Sportsman and Barbarian ix
5. Occasions I
6. Reception Address to die Frencli Academy 3
7. In Honor of Émile Verhaeren 38
8. Reply to Marshal Pétain's Reception Address to die French Academy 47
9. Commencement Address to the Legion of Honor's School for Girls at Saint-Denis 84
10. On Henri Bremond 94
11. Report on the Montyon Awards for Virtue 102
12. Address to the Congress of Surgeons 129
13. Occasions II
14. The Future of Literature 151
15. The Centenary of Photography 158
16. A Personal View of Science 168
17. My Theaters 180
18. On Phèdre as a Woman 185
19. At The Lamoureux Concert in 1893 196
20. On Suicide 202
21. Music Hall Poets 206
22. Pure Intellect 210
23. NOTES 219
24. INDEX 241