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j'accuse

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1. j'accuse

   "J'Accuse...!" (French pronunciation: ​[ʒ‿a.kyz]; "I Accuse...!") is an open letter that was published on 13 January 1898 in the newspaper L'Aurore by Émile Zola in response to the Dreyfus affair. Zola addressed President of France Félix Faure and accused his government of antisemitism and the unlawful jailing of Alfred Dreyfus, a French Army General Staff officer who was sentenced to lifelong penal servitude for espionage. Zola pointed out judicial errors and lack of serious evidence. The letter was printed on the front page of the newspaper and caused a stir in France and abroad. Zola was prosecuted for libel and found guilty on 23 February 1898. To avoid imprisonment, he fled to England, returning home in June 1899. Other pamphlets proclaiming Dreyfus's innocence include Bernard Lazare's A Miscarriage of Justice: The Truth about the Dreyfus Affair (November 1896). As a result of the popularity of the letter, even in the English-speaking world, J'accuse! has become a common expression of outrage and accusation against someone powerful, whatever the merits of the accusation.J'accuse! is one of the best-known newspaper articles in the world.

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1. J'accuse

   "J'accuse" was an open letter published on 13 January 1898 in the newspaper L'Aurore by the influential writer Émile Zola. In the letter, Zola addressed President of France Félix Faure, and accused the government of anti-Semitism and the unlawful jailing of Alfred Dreyfus, a French Army General Staff officer sentenced to penal servitude for life for espionage. Zola pointed out judicial errors and lack of serious evidence. The letter was printed on the front page of the newspaper, and caused a stir in France and abroad. Zola was prosecuted and found guilty of libel on 23 February 1898. To avoid imprisonment, he fled to England, returning home in June 1899. Other pamphlets proclaiming Dreyfus's innocence include Bernard Lazare's A Miscarriage of Justice: The Truth about the Dreyfus Affair. As a result of the popularity of the letter, even in the English-speaking world, J'accuse! has become a common generic expression of outrage and accusation against someone powerful.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of j'accuse in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of j'accuse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of j'accuse in a Sentence

1. Elizabeth Warren:

   Mr. New York, are you willing to release all of those women from those nondisclosure agreements ? So we can hear their side of the story ? none of them accuse me of doing anything other than -- maybe they didn't like a joke I told.

2. John Milton:

   Accuse not nature, she hath done her partDo thou but thine, and be not diffidentOf wisdom, she deserts thee not, if thouDismiss not her, when most thou needest her nigh,By attributing overmuch to thingsLess excellent, as thou thyself perceivest.

3. Edward Dindinger:

   It's just irresponsible to publicly accuse someone of felony crimes before the investigation is complete.

4. Mohamad Alloush:

   Russia wants to accuse the friends of the Syrian people of supplying it with missiles and this did not happen.

5. Mark Kirk:

   For Tom Cotton, a decorated military officer, to accuse him of treason is way over the top.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J'accuse
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=j'accuse