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''The Penalty of Knighthood'' is an article published in [[The Sketch]] on 3 july 1907.

== The Penalty of Knighthood ==
[[File:the-sketch-1907-07-03-p382-the-penalty-of-knightood.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[The Sketch]] (3 july 1907, p. 382)]]

If Mr. W. S. Gilbert wants a knighthood, he certainly ought to have one. As a matter of fact, he ought to have anything, in reason, that he happens to want. None the less, it seems a pity that we shall lose a name that is familiar to all the English-speaking world, and is associated with the gayest comic operas in the language. W. S. Gilbert is everybody's friend; Sir William Gilbert will be a strange, conventional, rather stiff sort of person, reminding one, for some reason or another, of commerce rather than of literature or art. When the honour of knighthood is conferred upon a man he does not always understand that lie is never again quite the same person to the public. Take the case of [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]. [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Conan Doyle]], the author of "[[Sherlock Holmes]]," was known everywhere. You will meet people, however, who will assure you quite solemnly that [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Conan Doyle]] and [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] are totally different men. I remember being in some doubt myself once, when I came across a story signed [[Arthur Conan Doyle|A. Conan Doyle]]. as to whether [[Arthur Conan Doyle|A. Conan Doyle]] and [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Conan Doyle]] were one and the same person. For my own part, I have secretly decided never to accept a knighthood for this very reason. Besides, I should not know what on earth to do with it if I had one.

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* [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:Complete Works|Back to Complete Works]]
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