Arthur Conan
Arthur Conan
thinking instinct our-future
We surely know by some nameless instinct more about our futures than we think we know.
men green-fields may
Nature is the true revelation of the Deity to man. The nearest green field is the inspired page from which you may read all that it is needful for you to know.
knowledge may facts
If the fresh facts come to our knowledge all fit themselves into the scheme, then our hypothesis may gradually become a solution. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson.
real discovery law
Once or twice in my career I feel that I have done more real harm by my discovery of the criminal than ever he had done by his crime. I have learned caution now, and I had rather play tricks with the law of England than with my own conscience.
deceptive distance far few horizon light might seemed within yards
There is nothing so deceptive as the distance of a light upon a pitch-dark night, and sometimes the glimmer seemed to be far away upon the horizon and sometimes it might have been within a few yards of us.
aggregate becomes good individual man remarks
Winwood Reade is good upon the subject, said Holmes. ""He remarks that, while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty.
eliminated however truth
When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
despise screaming
Well, said she, after a pause, ""if you despise my love, I must see what can be done with fear. You smile, but the day will come when you will come screaming to me for pardon.
backs birds bright choice darkness faces ivy shines singing sun turn
Without, the sun shines bright and the birds are singing amid the ivy on the drooping beeches. Their choice is made, and they turn away hand-in-hand, with their backs to the darkness and their faces to the light.
heard professor
You have probably never heard of Professor Moriarty? said he.
appear both bread depend expressed extremely practical theories turn
Yes, I have a turn both for observation and for deduction. The theories which I have expressed there, and which appear to you to be so chimerical are really extremely practical -- so practical that I depend upon them for my bread and cheese.
break elementary handling himself observed obvious patients pure rules seeing swinging table throw
There are one or two elementary rules to be observed in the way of handling patients, he remarked, seating himself on the table and swinging his legs. ""The most obvious is that you must never let them see that you want them. It should be pure condescension on your part seeing them at all; and the more difficulties you throw in the way of it, the more they think of it. Break your patients in early, and keep them well to heel.
appeal consulting court highest last
The only unofficial consulting detective, he answered. ""I am the last and highest court of appeal in detection.
eliminate matter whatever
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.