Literary Reference
In one passage of Rex Stout's 1959 detective novel "Champagne for One", the character Nero Wolfe is mentioned as sitting behind his desk reading "World Peace Through World Law". Wolfe is greatly impressed with the book, to the point of forgetting the current mystery he is involved in solving, and says to his colleague Archie Goodwin that he must read it, too (ch.VII).
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