My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere.
— Arthur Conan Doyle Modern

Sherlock Holmes

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From 'The Sign of Four'

Date / Period

1890

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/841785-the-sign-of-four

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