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People who think of beds only in terms of sexual exercise or sleep simply do not understand that a bed is the best of all places for a philosophical discussion, an argument, and if necessary a showdown. It was not by chance that so many kings of old administered justice from their beds, and even today there is something splendidly parliamentary about an assembly of concerned persons in a bed.
Robertson Davies World of Wonders (1975; part of The Deptford Trilogy), "Le Lit de Justice", Section 1. | ||
