Truth is on the march, and nothing will stop it.

La vérité est en marche et rien ne l’arrêtera.

Émile Zola

On the Dreyfus affair.

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Topic

Truth Progress

Author

Émile Zola

Source

J'Accuse…!

Medium

Open letter Letter

Language

French

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Zola, Emile. "J'Accuse…!" L'Aurore, 13 Jan. 1898.

Current Citation

Zola, Emile. "J'Accuse...!" The Dreyfus Affair: 'J'Accuse' and Other Writings, edited by Alain Pagès, translated by Eleanor Levieux. Yale University Press, 1998.

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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus... Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

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Francis Pharcellus Church
Source
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Medium
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Language
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Time
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Church, Francis. "Is There a Santa Claus?" The New York Sun, 21 Sept. 1897.

Current Citation

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Another quote originally in French

To name an object is to take away three-fourths of the pleasure given by a poem. This pleasure consists in guessing little by little to suggest it, that is the ideal.

Jules Huret

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Topic
Names Poetry
Speaker
Stephane Mallarme [Etienne Mallarme]

Author

Jules Huret
Language
French
Time
1891 1890s 19th century
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Citation

Mallarme, Stephane. Quoted in "Sur l'Evolution Litteraire [On Literary Evolution]." Enquete de Huret [Investigation by Jules Huret]. Bibliotheque-Charpentier, 1891.