The Young Men Present Had Perhaps Never Heard Of Meredith,
but they listened to Valery's story with awed respect. The con- versation turned, as was inevitable, to current politics. The young men of the resistance were demanding......
In The Interval Valery Devoted Himself To Literary...
to the composition of those aphorisms which seem so incidental, but which are in fact so profound. And then in 1922 came Charmes. Again we find that constant, almost scientific,......
Born At Cette In 1871, Paul Valery Studied At Montpelier,
where he came into contact with Pierre Lout's, who persuaded him to come to Paris and to devote himself to literature. Almost immediately he fell under the influence of......
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By HAROLD NICOLSON T HE announcers of the B.B.C. have been trained to read the news in a flat monotone: they adopt exactly the same tone whether they be recounting some Far......
In The First Week Of Last March I Had The
good fortune to see Valery again in Paris after many years. I met him in the company of several young leaders of the resistance movement, and it was with pleasure that I noted......
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