Roundtable discussion of Sherlock Holmes, on Mark Van Doren's Invitation to Learning (Jan 1942) - Stout, Rex | WIST Quotations
I think the detective story is by far the best upholder of the democratic doctrine in literature. I mean, there couldn't have been detective stories until there were democracies, because the very foundation of the detective story is the thesis that if you're guilty you'll get it in the neck…
