Quote#World
What I hope is that, when the whole district is full of these little…
Quote byArthur Conan Doyle · 1859–1930
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "A British Commando", The Strand Magazine (June 1901), referencing the NRA Headquarters at Bisley, Surrey and Conan-Doyle's desire to develop local rifle clubs more accessible to working class men..
English (original)
What I hope is that, when the whole district is full of these little rifle clubs, we may then get a central range to which they could all adjourn. Bisley is very useful to men of means, but to the ordinary civilian rifleman it might as well be in the moon. We must have local ranges if the men are really to get the good of them.
— Arthur Conan Doyle
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