PART ONE: BIOGRAPHICAL

I. INTRODUCTORY 1

II. EARLY CHILDHOOD 3

III. SCHOOL DAYS 8

IV. THE NORMAL SCHOOL 12

V. A MESSAGE FROM AFAR 18

VI. ROME 23

VII. THE CONSECRATION 29

VIII. YEARS OF APPRENTICESHIP 32

IX. YEARS OF STRUGGLE 37

X. A DECADE OF SECLUSION 43

XI. A PORTRAIT 45

XII. RENOWN 48

XIII. ROLLAND AS THE EMBODIMENT OF THE EUROPEAN SPIRIT 52