No mention of that local hunt, Watson," said Holmes with a mischievous smile, "but a country doctor, as you very astutely observed.
Arthur Conan DoyleNow is the dramatic moment of fate, Watson, when you hear a step upon the stair which is walking into your life, and you know not whether for good or ill. What does Dr. James Mortimer, the man of science, ask of Sherlock Holmes, the specialist in crime? Come in!
Arthur Conan DoyleIt is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data.
Arthur Conan DoyleYes, the reaction is already upon me. I shall be as limp as a rag for a week."
"Strange," said I, "how terms of what in another man I should call laziness alternate with your fits of splendid energy and vigor.
Birdy Edwards is here. I am Birdy Edwards!
Arthur Conan DoyleIt is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?
Arthur Conan DoyleTags: imagination
If I remember rightly, you on one occasion defined my limits in a very precise fashion."
"Yes," [Watson] answered, laughing. "It was a singular document. Philosophy, astronomy, and politics were marked at zero, I remember. Botany variable, geology profound as regards the mudstains from any region within fifty miles of town, chemistry eccentric, anatomy unsystematic, sensational literature and crime records unique, violin player, boxer, swordsman, lawyer, and self-poisoner by cocaine and tobacco. Those, I think, were the main points of my analysis.
The stage lost a fine actor, even as science lost an acute reasoner, when [Holmes] became a specialist in crime.
Arthur Conan DoyleThat which is clearly known hath less terror than that which is but hinted at and guessed.
Arthur Conan DoyleI shall never do that,' I answered; 'you have brought detection as near an exact science as it ever will be brought in this world.
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