. Review of reviews and world's work . erary work and indicat-ing its leading tendencies. He has through a long life ardently runthe gamut of human sensations, thrown him-self heart and soul into the midst of everyfray. In turn, doctor, journalist, dramatist,philosopher, politician, Cabinet minister,Northern by temperament, thoroughly South-ern by his vivacity of thought, Clemenceauhas excelled in every field of human en-deavor. Though a litterateur, Clemenceau is pri-marily a man of action; pen in hand, hecontinues to expend his energy, and the formand content of his writings show his rulingp
. Review of reviews and world's work . erary work and indicat-ing its leading tendencies. He has through a long life ardently runthe gamut of human sensations, thrown him-self heart and soul into the midst of everyfray. In turn, doctor, journalist, dramatist,philosopher, politician, Cabinet minister,Northern by temperament, thoroughly South-ern by his vivacity of thought, Clemenceauhas excelled in every field of human en-deavor. Though a litterateur, Clemenceau is pri-marily a man of action; pen in hand, hecontinues to expend his energy, and the formand content of his writings show his rulingpassion—to act, to combat, to assert style, rapid, nervous, at times negligent,but always racy, vibrant, imaginative, isanother indication of his impassioned ardor. It is ideas, to be sure, which interest himmost; he is mainly concerned in discussingpolitical and social problems. However, hedoes not disdain fiction or descriptive writ-ing; in his two collections of tales we findpicturesque and realistic scenic PREMIER CLEMENCEAU, WHOSE LITERARY WORK IS HERE DISCUSSED simple life of the peasants of the Var and theVendee. As he is a born fighter, he excels, likewise,in social satire, where his impetuous temper,his distinctive talents—more vigorous thandelicate—appear most marked. What spe-cially characterizes him as a writer is hiseloquence. He is eloquent everywhere andalwaj^s. But it is of ideas that he is par-ticularly enamored. It is his wide knowl-edge and interests which enable him to dis-cuss with equal ability Mycen-ian art, French Impressionism,Edmond de Joncourt, Tolstoi,or Shakespeare. But in reality his true voca-tion is to fight in the politicaland social arena. In his two works of synthetichistory. La Melee so dale andLe Gran Pan, which are, afterall, his most important works,he treats superficially it may be,some of the leading problems ofour time. It is a lesson inSocialism, a lesson in fraternity,which concludes the introduc-tion of
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