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The moral superiority of rural life
“Do you know Watson,” said he, “that it is one of the curses of a mind with a turn like mine that I must look at everything with reference to my own special subject. You look at these scattered houses, … Continue reading
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We’re not forgetting stuff. We’re decluttering our brain-attics
“You see,” he explained, “I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Conan Doyle, brain-attics, forgetfulness, Sherlock Holmes
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