Arthur Conan
Arthur Conan
justice facts proportion
Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.
children real character
The most serious point in the case is the disposition of the child." What on earth has that to do with it?" I ejaculated. My dear Watson, you as a medical man are continually gaining insight as to the tendencies of a child by the study of the parents. Don't you see that the converse is equally valid. I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
believe people done
What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence. The question is what can you make people believe you have done.
writing done facts
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.
long effort littles
My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.
may saws
I followed you.' I saw no one.' That is what you may expect to see when I follow you.
dark wish beats
You wish to put me in the dark. I tell you that I will never be put in the dark. You wish to beat me. I tell you that you will never beat me.
destruction accepting interest
if i could be assured of your destruction, i would in the interest of the public, cheerfully accept my death.
men air income
I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air -- or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be. Under such circumstances, I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.
men evil girlhood
Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him.
book reading writing
You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first one must have been really intolerable.
animal links able
As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after.
fate rivers may
So tomorrow we disappear into the unknown. This account I am transmitting down the river by canoe, and it may be our last word to those who are interested in our fate.
emotional quality clear
The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.