Discours à la jeunesse, Jean JAURÈS, 1903 — texte intégral, livre audio

Audio recording of the "Speech to Youth," delivered by Jean Jaurès at the Albi high school in July 1903. Addressing young people, Jaurès employs his customary lyricism to praise the Revolution, the Republic, universal suffrage, socialism, and peace. The famous tirade on the courage of men in the face of history and life comes at the very end of the speech—here, starting at 27:07. CONTENTS: 0:00 Title & Introductory Music 1:50 Address to Youth 30:51 Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum, Debussy ♪♬ Music: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum, from Children's Corner, by Claude Debussy (1908), performed here by the Quebec Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yoav Talmi, and available at the following link:    • Children's Corner, L. 113 (Arr. A. Caplet ...   ◙ Painting accompanying the reading: Children at the Window, by Nikolai Bogdanov-Belsky (1913).