If to be great means to be good, then Denis Diderot was a l… - Evelyn Beatrice Hall

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If to be great means to be good, then Denis Diderot was a little man. But if to be great means to do great things in the teeth of great obstacles, then none can refuse him a place in the temple of the Immortals.

Evelyn Beatrice Hall

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About Evelyn Beatrice Hall

Evelyn Beatrice Hall (28 September 1868 – 13 April 1956) was an English writer, who wrote under the name Stephen G. Tallentyre.

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Pen Names: Stephen G. Tallentyre

Alternative Names: S. G. Tallentyre • Evelyn Hall

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