the statement on his own responsibility.

Jour means: 1. "day;" 2. "day-light;" 3. any "light,"; physical (as in
_un abat-jour_) or figurative, e.g., l. 1136; 4. "birth," cf. l. 1277;
5. in plural, "life."

1047 contrée, always = "region."

1050 Here begins a magnificent passage where elevation of language
almost reaches inspiration.

1053 qu'on outrage--an adj., "oppressed."

1059 See 2 Kings, xvii. 5-23. Shalmaneser, in 718 B.C., took captive
the kingdom of Israel, and Nebuchadnezzar II., the kingdom of Juda in
606. The captivity of the Jews under the Assyrians lasted 70 years,
606-536 B.C., when they obtained leave from Cyrus to return to
Palestine. See Introd., section 4, Chron. Table.

1062-3 Isaiah xlv. 1-3: "Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,
whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him, and I
will loose the loins of kings; to open the doors before him, and the
gates will not be shut, I will go before thee, and make the rugged
places plain: I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut in
sunder the bars of iron; and I will give thee the treasures of
darkness, and hidden riches of secret places." For the Persian kings
of these times, see Introd. section 4. Cyrus reigned about 560-530 B.C.

1068 son temple détruit, another Latin construction.--Nebuchadnezzar
II. destroyed the temple of Jerusalem after his capture of the city in