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Whatever it was, Ignazio Silone didn't like that the Reverend had said it. I can't find out who the Reverend was or what Silone disliked in his 1950 speech with
by slowmovintarget 4y ago
Whatever it was, Ignazio Silone didn't like that the Reverend had said it. I can't find out who the Reverend was or what Silone disliked in his 1950 speech with my meager Google-fu.
- jfengel 4y agoI'm curious because I suspect it just wasn't all that horrific. The quote is often used to defend any speech at all, and I wonder what its author would think of some of the applications it has been put to.
- slowmovintarget 4y agoAs the article mentions, the original phrase was written by Elizabeth Beatrice Hall in 1906.