The Forerunners (Romain Rolland)

by Romain Rolland

For works with similar titles, see The Forerunners.

THE FORERUNNERS

BY

ROMAIN ROLLAND

TRANSLATED BY

EDEN AND CEDAR PAUL

LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD.

RUSKIN HOUSE, 40 MUSEUM STREET, W.C. I

First published in 1920

TO

THE MEMORY OF

THE MARTYRS OF THE NEW FAITH

IN THE HUMAN INTERNATIONAL.

TO

JEAN JAURÈS,

KARL LIEBKNECHT, ROSA LUXEMBURG,

KURT EISNER, GUSTAV LANDAUER,

THE VICTIMS OF BLOODTHIRSTY STUPIDITY

AND MURDEROUS FALSEHOOD,

THE LIBERATORS OF THE MEN

WHO KILLED THEM.

R. R.

August, 1919.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	PAGE
Dedication	5
Introduction	9
I. Ara Pacis	11
II. Upwards, Along a Winding Road	15
III. To the Murdered People	23
IV. To the Undying Antigone	32
V. A Woman's Voice from out the Tumult	34
VI. Freedom	37
VII. Free Russia, the Liberator	39
VIII. Tolstoy: the Free Spirit	41
IX. To Maxim Gorki	45
X. Two Letters from Maxim Gorki	47
XI. To the Writers of America	51
XII. Free Voices from America	55
XIII. On Behalf of E. D. Morel	67
XIV. Young Switzerland	69
XV. Under Fire	86
XVI. Ave, Cæsar, Morituri Te Salutant	95
XVII. Ave, Cæsar, Those Who Wish to Live Salute Thee	101
XVIII. Men in Battle	106
XIX. Vox Clamantis	121
XX. A Great European, G. F. Nicolai	140
XXI. Reflections on Reading Auguste Forel	175
XXII. On Behalf of the International of the Mind	185
XXIII. A Call to Europeans	195
XXIV. Open Letter to President Wilson	204
XXV. Against Victorious Bismarckism	207
XXVI. Declaration of the Independence of the Mind	209
⁠Supplementary Note to Chapter XX	216