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Book SynopsisThis collection of Valery's occasional pieces--speeches, interviews, articles--shows him very much as the public figure, the first in demand when an "occasion" needed a prominent person. Included are his speech before the French Academy on his reception into that body; his address welcoming Marshal Petain to membership in the French Academy; a witt
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*Inscriptions for the Palais de Chaillot, pg. vi*Introduction. Paul Valery: Sportsman and Barbarian, pg. ix*Reception Address to die Frencli Academy, pg. 3*In Honor of Emile Verhaeren, pg. 38*Reply to Marshal Petain's Reception Address to die French Academy, pg. 47*Commencement Address to the Legion of Honor's School for Girls at Saint-Denis, pg. 84*On Henri Bremond, pg. 94*Report on the Montyon Awards for Virtue, pg. 102*Address to the Congress of Surgeons, pg. 129*The Future of Literature, pg. 151*The Centenary of Photography, pg. 158*A Personal View of Science, pg. 168*My Theaters, pg. 180*On Phedre as a Woman, pg. 185*At The Lamoureux Concert in 1893, pg. 196*On Suicide, pg. 202*Music Hall Poets, pg. 206*Pure Intellect, pg. 210*NOTES, pg. 219*INDEX, pg. 241
