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1964; American Medical Association; Volume: 114; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/archinte.1964.03860110166021

1538-3679

E. P. Scarlett,

American Sports and Literature

"Out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer" (Judges V, 14) Gleanings From the Commonplace Book of a Medical Reader It is good for a man to realize that there are still signs of an abiding sanity in this troubled world of ours. Some of these are to be seen in the saving grace of humor, in the love of real nonsense, and (paradoxically enough) in the creation of legends. In this last category our grandfathers had Paul Bunyan and Johnny Appleseed. We moderns have Sherlock Holmes, the greatest legendary figure of our time. Of course, unlike his predecessors, Holmes did not originate from folklore, but, like Mr. Pickwick, stepped into the world from the pages of fiction. But his stature has now surpassed Pickwick's, and in the popular mind he is now a fabulous figure living in the golden world of Robin Hood and Robinson Crusoe.