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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1914

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From: Colombo's All Time Great Canadian Quotations
Date: 19940401
Author:John Robert Colombo

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1914

"Great deeds are better than great sonnets, and Canada's call to her sons is a stirring one to action; for the poetry of action exists just as does the poetry of words and the great deed that is accomplished is more glorious than the great sonnet."

These lines come from a stirring address delivered by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, British author, creator of Sherlock Holmes, who travelled widely through the British Empire and spoke with enthusiasm on Imperial themes and subjects. This sentence comes from his address titled "The Future ...

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