Paul Valery, a prominent French writer, expressed the mood of disillusionment that he felt permeated the minds of many intellectuals in various writings. The following points are from a speech and writing both published in Variety, a collection of some of his works, that describe the emotions of men right after WWI:
· The wrecks of the past are of almost no concern to the people of the present, but if a great event happens in one’s lifetime – this tragedy seems much more real than one not experienced
· The storm (WWI) died away but the people are still uneasy and restless, and the affairs of men remain in uncertainty
· They fear the future without any sort of reason, and doubt and disorder are with them and in them
· He claims they are a very unfortunate generation, whose lot has been to see the moment of their passage while they deal with terrifying and horrible events that will echo throughout their entire lives.
· The fundamentals of the world have been affected by the war
· Among all things injured the most wounded is the MIND.
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