precise and
actual episodes of the war of 1870, such as the collection on behalf
of the wounded at the moment of departure and the amount of the sum
collected in the soldiers' kepis; incidents of the journey to the
frontier; the battle of Sedan, the rout of the French, the civil war,
the siege of Paris, his own death, the birth of a posthumous child,
the doctor's political career and so on: predictions all of which were
verified, as is attested by numerous witnesses who are worthy of the
fullest credence. But I will pass over this part of the story and
consider only that portion which refers to the present war:

"I have been waiting for two years," to quote the text of
Dr. Tardieu's manuscript of the 3rd of June, "for the sequel
of the prediction which you are about to read. I omit
everything that concerns my friend Leon's family and my
private affairs. Yet there is in my life at this moment a
personal matter, which, as always happens, agrees too
closely with general occurrences for me to doubt what
follows:

"'O my God! My country is lost: France is dead!... What a
disaster!... Ah, see, she is saved! She extends to the
Rhine! O France, O my beloved country, you are triumphant;
you are the queen of nations!... Your genius shines forth
over the world.... All the earth wonders at you....'"

These are the words contained in the document written at the Mont-Dore
on the 3rd and handed to M. de Vesme on the 13th of June 1914, at a
moment when no one was thinking of the terrible war which to-day is
ravaging half the world.

When questioned, after the declaration of war, by M. de Vesme on the
subject of the prophetic phrase, "I have been waiting for two years
for the sequel of the prediction which you are about to read," Dr.
Tardieu replied, on the 12th of August:

"I have been waiting for two years; and I will tell you why. My friend
Leon did not name the year, but the more general events are described
simultaneously with the events of my own life. Now the events which
concern me privately and which were doubtful two years ago became
certain in April or May last. My friends know that since May last I
have been announcing war as due before September, basing my prediction
on coincidences with events in my private life of which I do not
speak."

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These, up to the present, are the only prophecies known to us that
deserve any particular attention. The p