Emile Zola (1840-1902) was an influential French writer and a major figure in the exoneration of the falsely accused and convicted army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which is encapsulated in the renowned newspaper headline J'Accuse Fruitfulness [Fecundite] is the first of Zola's Four Gospels - Fruitfulness, Work, Truth, and the unfinished Justice.
Translated by Ernest A. Vizetelly.