VIII. ATTEMPT TO REGENERATE THE FRENCH STAGE 86 IX. AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE 90 X. THE PROGRAM 94 XI. THE CREATIVE ARTIST 98 XII. THE DRAMA OF THE REVOLUTION, 1898-1902 100 XIII. THE FOURTEENTH OF JULY, 1902 103 XIV. DANTON, 1900 106 XV. THE TRIUMPH OF REASON, 1899 110 XVI. THE WOLVES, 1898 113 XVII. THE CALL LOST IN THE VOID 117 XVIII. A DAY WILL COME, 1902 119 XIX. THE PLAYWRIGHT 123 PART THREE: THE HEROIC BIOGRAPHIES I. DE PROFUNDIS 133 II. THE HEROES OF SUFFERING 137 III. BEETHOVEN 140 IV. MICHELANGELO 144 V. TOLSTOI 147 VI. THE UNWRITTEN BIOGRAPHIES 150 PART FOUR: JEAN CHRISTOPHE I. SANCTUS CHRISTOPHORUS 157 II. RESURRECTION 160 III. THE ORIGIN OF THE WORK 162 IV. THE WORK WITHOUT A FORMULA 166 V. KEY TO THE CHARACTERS 172 VI. A HEROIC SYMPHONY 177 VII. THE ENIGMA OF CREATIVE WORK 181 VIII. JEAN CHRISTOPHE 188 IX. OLIVIER 195 X. GRAZIA 200 XI. JEAN CHRISTOPHE AND HIS FELLOW MEN 203 XII. JEAN CHRISTOPHE AND THE NATIONS 207 XIII. THE PICTURE OF FRANCE 211 XIV. THE PICTURE OF GERMANY 217 XV. THE PICTURE OF ITALY 221 XVI. THE JEWS 224 XVII. THE GENERATIONS 229 XVIII. DEPARTURE 235 PART FIVE: INTERMEZZO SCHERZO (COLAS BREUGNON) I. TAKEN UNAWARES 241 II. THE BURGUNDIAN BROTHER 244