The Quotable Holmes Courtesy of American Digest @ www.americandigest.org
remark after a quarter of an hour's silence is really very showy and superficial. He had some analytical genius, no doubt; but he was by no means such a phenomenon as Poe appeared to imagine.” -- A STUDY IN SCARLET
Two Out of Three “He has considerable gifts himself. He possesses two out of the three qualities necessary for the ideal detective. He has the power of observation and that of deduction. He is only wanting in knowledge, and that may come in time. He is now translating my small works into French.” -- THE SIGN OF FOUR
Scorched Earth Investigators “With two such men as yourself and Lestrade upon the ground, there will not be much for a third party to find out.” -- A STUDY IN SCARLET
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