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'''Evelyn Beatrice Hall''', (1868 - 1919?),<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ck6bXqt5shkC&pg=PA744&lpg=PA744&dq=%22evelyn+beatrice+hall%22+1919&source=bl&ots=oAh8_Do9Vf&sig=Y-Vzk_Q_bhV2Jfs7G5XyyT4dtH8&hl=en&ei=214sTfHGO4fJhAeBrKT9CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBjgo#v=onepage&q=%22evelyn%20beatrice%20hall%22%201919&f=false Fred R. Shapiro, The Yale book of quotations]</ref><!-- 1919 is dubious - see Talk --> who wrote under the [[pseudonym]] '''S.G. Tallentyre''', was an [[English people|English]] writer best known for her [[biography]] of [[Voltaire]] with the title ''[[The Friends of Voltaire]]'', which she completed in 1906.<br> |
'''Evelyn Beatrice Hall''', (1868 - 1919?),<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ck6bXqt5shkC&pg=PA744&lpg=PA744&dq=%22evelyn+beatrice+hall%22+1919&source=bl&ots=oAh8_Do9Vf&sig=Y-Vzk_Q_bhV2Jfs7G5XyyT4dtH8&hl=en&ei=214sTfHGO4fJhAeBrKT9CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBjgo#v=onepage&q=%22evelyn%20beatrice%20hall%22%201919&f=false Fred R. Shapiro, The Yale book of quotations]</ref><!-- 1919 is dubious - see Talk --> who wrote under the [[pseudonym]] '''S.G. Tallentyre''', was an [[English people|English]] writer best known for her [[biography]] of [[Voltaire]] with the title ''[[The Friends of Voltaire]]'', which she completed in 1906.<br> |
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Hall wrote the phrase: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it," <ref>[http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/evelyn_beatrice_hall.html Evelyn Beatrice Hall Quotes], Brainyquote.com</ref> (which is often misattributed to Voltaire himself), as an illustration of Voltaire's beliefs in her biography on him.<ref>{{cite book |last=Boller, Jr. |first=Paul F. |authorlink= |coauthors=George, John |title=They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions |year=1989 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=0-19-505541-1 }}</ref><!-- p.124-126 --> Hall's quote is often cited to describe the principle of [[freedom of speech]]. |
Hall wrote the phrase: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it," <ref>[http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/evelyn_beatrice_hall.html Evelyn Beatrice Hall Quotes], Brainyquote.com</ref> (which is often misattributed to Voltaire himself), as an illustration of Voltaire's beliefs in her biography on him.<ref>{{cite book |last=Boller, Jr. |first=Paul F. |authorlink= |coauthors=George, John |title=They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions |year=1989 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=0-19-505541-1 }}</ref><!-- p.124-126 --> Hall's quote is often cited to describe the principle of [[freedom of speech]].The idea for the quote came from Thomas Jefferson's famous letter on Freedom of Speech to William Green Mumford, in 1799: "To preserve the freedom of the human mind...and the freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom; for as long as we may think as we will and speak what we think, the condition of man will proceed in improvement."[as quoted in the book, Paul Morphy, Confederate Spy, by Stan Vaughan,Three Towers Press, 2010 page 19 |
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Hall appeared to be an important influence in the life of [[Hugh Stowell Scott]] (pseudonym Henry Seton Merriman). Upon his death in 1903, Scott left £5,000 to Hall, writing that it was "in token of my gratitude for her continued assistance and literary advice, without which I should never have been able to have made a living by my pen." <ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4951457?searchTerm=Evelyn%20Beatrice%20Hall&searchLimits= The Advertiser, (Adelaide, SA) March 09, 1904]</ref> Adjusting for inflation, this amounts to somewhere between £399,000 and £3,710,000 in [[2010]]. <ref>[http://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/ukcompare/index.php "Five Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.K. Pound Amount, 1830 to Present"] </ref> |
Hall appeared to be an important influence in the life of [[Hugh Stowell Scott]] (pseudonym Henry Seton Merriman). Upon his death in 1903, Scott left £5,000 to Hall, writing that it was "in token of my gratitude for her continued assistance and literary advice, without which I should never have been able to have made a living by my pen." <ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4951457?searchTerm=Evelyn%20Beatrice%20Hall&searchLimits= The Advertiser, (Adelaide, SA) March 09, 1904]</ref> Adjusting for inflation, this amounts to somewhere between £399,000 and £3,710,000 in [[2010]]. <ref>[http://www.measuringworth.com/calculators/ukcompare/index.php "Five Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.K. Pound Amount, 1830 to Present"] </ref> |
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Evelyn Beatrice Hall | |
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 Portrait of Evelyn Beatrice Hall, superimposed with the Latin words "on behalf of justice" (Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada). | |
| Pen name | Stephen G. Tallentyre |
| Occupation | Writer |
Evelyn Beatrice Hall, (1868 - 1919?),[1] who wrote under the pseudonym S.G. Tallentyre, was an English writer best known for her biography of Voltaire with the title The Friends of Voltaire, which she completed in 1906.
Hall wrote the phrase: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it," [2] (which is often misattributed to Voltaire himself), as an illustration of Voltaire's beliefs in her biography on him.[3] Hall's quote is often cited to describe the principle of freedom of speech.The idea for the quote came from Thomas Jefferson's famous letter on Freedom of Speech to William Green Mumford, in 1799: "To preserve the freedom of the human mind...and the freedom of the press, every spirit should be ready to devote itself to martyrdom; for as long as we may think as we will and speak what we think, the condition of man will proceed in improvement."[as quoted in the book, Paul Morphy, Confederate Spy, by Stan Vaughan,Three Towers Press, 2010 page 19
Hall appeared to be an important influence in the life of Hugh Stowell Scott (pseudonym Henry Seton Merriman). Upon his death in 1903, Scott left £5,000 to Hall, writing that it was "in token of my gratitude for her continued assistance and literary advice, without which I should never have been able to have made a living by my pen." [4] Adjusting for inflation, this amounts to somewhere between £399,000 and £3,710,000 in 2010. [5]
Notes and references
- ^ Fred R. Shapiro, The Yale book of quotations
- ^ Evelyn Beatrice Hall Quotes, Brainyquote.com
- ^ Boller, Jr., Paul F. (1989). They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, and Misleading Attributions. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-505541-1.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ The Advertiser, (Adelaide, SA) March 09, 1904
- ^ "Five Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a U.K. Pound Amount, 1830 to Present"
Bibliography
- The Money-Spinner and Other Character Notes (1896).
- The Women of the Salons, and Other French Portraits (1901).
- The Friends of Voltaire (1906). ISBN 1-4102-1020-0
- The Life of Voltaire (1907). ISBN 1-4102-1346-3
- The Life of Mirabeau (1912). ISBN 1-4102-1024-3
- Voltaire In His Letters (translator) (1919). ISBN 1-4102-1195-9
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