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There is a danger there - a very real danger to humanity. Consider, Watson, that the material, the sensual, the worldly would all prolong their worthless lives. The spiritual would not avoid the call to something higher. It would be the survival of the least fit. What sort of cesspool may not our poor world become? ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#longevity #morality #philosophy #sherlock-holmes

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene. ↗

— Rex Stout

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I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor? ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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The future was with Fate. The present was our own. ~ The Poison Belt ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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It's quite exciting," said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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You know my methods. Apply them. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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I must apologize for calling so late," said he, "and I must further beg you to be so unconventional as to allow me to leave your house presently by scrambling over your back garden wall. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

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