Summary
Though the opinion of others connected with both ladies was sought, all the impetus for destruction came from [John Cam Hobhouse] and Murray. To be fair to Hobhouse -- not something one finds easy -- he believed that [Byron]'s Greek 'endeavour. . . certainly the most glorious ever undertaken by man' would restore his reputation in England; he would be able to return and enter public life again.
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'I Am Ashes Where Once I Was Fire'
'It was a pity, ' Walter Scott wrote in his Journal (22 November 1825), 'that nothing save the total destruction of Byron's Memoirs would satisfy his Executors -- But there was a reason -- premet nox alta.' (Horace, Odes -- 'Deep night will c...
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