A Parable (poem 1898) - Revision history

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	== Editions ==		== Editions ==

	* in ''[[The Morning Post]]'' (23 may 1898 [UK])
	* in ''[[Punch (London)\|Punch]]'' (23 may 1898 [UK]) ill.
	* in ''[[Pen and Pencil]]'' (june 1898 [UK]) facsimile of manuscript		* in ''[[Pen and Pencil]]'' (june 1898 [UK]) facsimile of manuscript
	* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (8 june 1898-1916, [[Smith, Elder & Co.]] [UK])		* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (8 june 1898-1916, [[Smith, Elder & Co.]] [UK])
	* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (august 1898, [[Charles Scribner's Sons]] [US])		* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (august 1898, [[Charles Scribner's Sons]] [US])
	* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (september 1898, [[Doubleday & McClure Co.\|Doubleday, Page & Co.]] [US])		* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (september 1898, [[Doubleday & McClure Co.\|Doubleday, Page & Co.]] [US])
			* in ''[[Buffalo Evening News]]'' (29 september 1898 [US])
			* in ''[[Scranton Tribune]]'' (3 october 1898 [US])
			* in ''[[Harrisburg Star-Independent]]'' (13 october 1898 [US])
			* in ''[[The Duluth News Tribune]]'' (17 december 1898 [US]) as ''The Easiest Solution''
			* in ''[[The Los Angeles Times]]'' (21 december 1898 [US]) as ''The Easiest Solution''
			* And more than 50 other US newspapers...
			* in ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' (12 july 1904 [UK]) as ''Sir Conan Doyle's Parable''
	* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (1918-1920, [[John Murray]] [UK])		* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (1918-1920, [[John Murray]] [UK])
	* in ''[[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]]'' (1922-1928, [[John Murray]] [UK])		* in ''[[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]]'' (1922-1928, [[John Murray]] [UK])

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	* in ''[[The Morning Post]]'' (23 may 1898 [UK])		* in ''[[The Morning Post]]'' (23 may 1898 [UK])
			* in ''[[Punch (London)\|Punch]]'' (23 may 1898 [UK]) ill.
	* in ''[[Pen and Pencil]]'' (june 1898 [UK]) facsimile of manuscript		* in ''[[Pen and Pencil]]'' (june 1898 [UK]) facsimile of manuscript
	* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (8 june 1898-1916, [[Smith, Elder & Co.]] [UK])		* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (8 june 1898-1916, [[Smith, Elder & Co.]] [UK])

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	== A Parable ==		== A Parable ==

	The cheese-mites asked how the cheese got there,~~<br />~~		<poem>
	And warmly debated the matter;~~<br />~~		The cheese-mites asked how the cheese got there,
	The Orthodox said that it came from the air,~~<br />~~		And warmly debated the matter;
	And the Heretics said from the platter.~~<br />~~		The Orthodox said that it came from the air,
	They argued it long and they argued it strong,~~<br />~~		And the Heretics said from the platter.
	And I hear they are arguing now;~~<br />~~		They argued it long and they argued it strong,
	But of all the choice spirits who lived in the cheese,~~<br />~~		And I hear they are arguing now;
			But of all the choice spirits who lived in the cheese,
	Not one of them thought of a cow.		Not one of them thought of a cow.
			</poem>

TCDE-Team at 21:45, 4 September 2024

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[[File:Manuscript-1898-05-23-a-parable.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A Parable (23 may 1898)]]

''A Parable'' is a poem written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] first published in [[The Morning Post]] on 23 may 1898.

Conan Doyle wrote another poem with the same name [[A Parable (poem 1919)|A Parable]] published in 1919.

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== Editions ==

* in ''[[The Morning Post]]'' (23 may 1898 [UK])
* in ''[[Pen and Pencil]]'' (june 1898 [UK]) facsimile of manuscript
* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (8 june 1898-1916, [[Smith, Elder & Co.]] [UK])
* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (august 1898, [[Charles Scribner's Sons]] [US])
* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (september 1898, [[Doubleday & McClure Co.|Doubleday, Page & Co.]] [US])
* in ''[[Songs of Action]]'' (1918-1920, [[John Murray]] [UK])
* in ''[[The Poems of Arthur Conan Doyle]]'' (1922-1928, [[John Murray]] [UK])

== Adaptations ==

'''Comics'''
* 2002 : [[A Parable (comics 2002)|A Parable]], by Neale Blanden

== A Parable ==

The cheese-mites asked how the cheese got there, 
And warmly debated the matter; 
The Orthodox said that it came from the air, 
And the Heretics said from the platter. 
They argued it long and they argued it strong, 
And I hear they are arguing now; 
But of all the choice spirits who lived in the cheese, 
Not one of them thought of a cow.

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