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For my fellow urbanites: same genius, different subject
Holmes had been buried in the morning papers all the way down, but after we passed the Hampshire border he threw them down and began to admire the scenery. It was an ideal spring day, a light blue sky, flecked … Continue reading
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Tagged Are cities more dangerous than country life?, Arthur Conan Doyle, Baker Street London, Dr. Watson, is Portland a "war zone"?, Sherlock Holmes
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A scientific genius expresses his view of RFK, Jr and others of his ilk
“This is indeed a mystery,” I remarked. “What do you imagine that it means?” “I have no data yet. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead … Continue reading
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Tagged "A Scandal in Bohemia", Arthur Conan Doyle, data versus theories, RFK Jr, Sherlock Holmes
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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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Tagged Arthur Conan Doyle, country life, Dr. Watson, rural life v. city life, Sherlock Holmes
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