The Quotable Holmes Courtesy of American Digest @ www.americandigest.org
may have been Sisyphean if not Stygean at times, you see its fruits before you. It is the firm opinion of Mr. Van der Leun and myself that, while the proceeds from this publication will not be of copious sums as to permit us to complete our respective Corgi breeding projects (thus lightening and brightening our Queen’s declining years with a shedless and cozy Corgi), it still merits some small attention from the world. Indeed, with the publication of this work, possibly the last ever penned by my great-grandfather, it is our fond hope that the efforts of all involved may bring to you, dear reader, an opportunity to once more refresh yourself by drinking deep from the mind of the man my own great-grandfather once called, “the best and the wisest man whom I have ever known.”
Gerard Van der Leun
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