Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger. He was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.
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“The lowest and vilest alleys of London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside.”
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“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.”
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“My sister and I, you will recollect, were twins, and you know how subtle are the links which bind two souls which are so closely allied.”
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“Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau’s example.”
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“Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.”
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