Detective Inspector Eccles sighed. He may ordinarily have met his sigh with the question of why the newly appointed Superintendent Dickinson was turning up to this late hour crime scene, he may also ordinarily question why his superior officer was dressed as Julius Caesar, in full tunic and green leafy wreath, yet ever since the new and youngest-ever-appointed superintendent had arrived at the Met it had been all too clear he was an officer who didn’t quite do things by the eBook.
Tom ConradTag: murder humour comedy detectives pomposity ebooks crime-scenes
Dr. Watson's summary list of Sherlock Holmes's strengths and weaknesses:
"1. Knowledge of Literature: Nil.
2. Knowledge of Philosophy: Nil.
3. Knowledge of Astronomy: Nil.
4. Knowledge of Politics: Feeble.
5. Knowledge of Botany: Variable. Well up in belladonna, opium, and poisons generally. Knows nothing of practical gardening.
6. Knowledge of Geology: Practical but limited. Tells at a glance different soils from each other. After walks has shown me splashes upon his trousers, and told me by their colour and consistence in what part of London he had received them.
7. Knowledge of Chemistry: Profound.
8. Knowledge of Anatomy: Accurate but unsystematic.
9. Knowledge of Sensational Literature: Immense. He appears to know every detail of every horror perpetrated in the century.
10. Plays the violin well.
11. Is an expert singlestick player, boxer, and swordsman.
12. Has a good practical knowledge of British law.
Tag: knowledge sherlock-holmes skills talents abilities detectives weaknesses strengths
There are no crimes and no criminals in these days. What is the use of having brains in our profession? I know well that I have it in me to make my name famous. No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done. And what is the result? There is no crime to detect, or, at most, some bungling villainy with a motive so transparent that even a Scotland Yard official can see through it.
Arthur Conan DoyleTag: sherlock-holmes crime superiority detectives criminals crime-solving
I do not know whether it came from his own innate depravity or from the promptings of his master, but he was rude enough to set a dog at me. Neither dog nor man liked the look of my stick, however, and the matter fell through. Relations were strained after that, and further inquiries out of the question.
Arthur Conan DoyleTag: sherlock-holmes dogs violence crime detectives investigations criminals fights
All my instincts are one way, and all the facts are the other, and I much fear that British juries have not yet attained that pitch of intelligence when they will give the preference to my theories over Lestrade's facts.
Arthur Conan DoyleTag: intelligence theories sherlock-holmes intuition facts insight evidence instinct superiority detectives criminal-justice crime-solving juries
I should prefer that you do not mention my name at all in connection with this case, as I choose to be only associated with those crimes which present some difficulty in their solution.
Arthur Conan DoyleTag: sherlock-holmes arrogance put-downs superiority detectives crime-solving
I fear that if the matter is beyond humanity, it is certainly beyond me.
Arthur Conan DoyleTag: humanity sherlock-holmes supernatural humankind detectives limitations crime-solving
It is fortunate for this community that I am not a criminal.
Arthur Conan DoyleTag: sherlock-holmes crime intellect london superiority detectives criminals
Because it is my desire. Is that not enough?"
[Sherlock Holmes on his raison d'être.]
Tag: sherlock-holmes motivation detectives raison-d-être
The Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution, if you only know how to use it.
Arthur Conan DoyleTag: sherlock-holmes newspapers detectives press
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