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The Sign of the Four

Name: The Sign of the Four
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

The Sign of the Four , also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictional detective.

“‎A change of work is the best rest.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book The Sign of the Four

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“The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book The Sign of the Four

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“My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work!”

Arthur Conan Doyle book The Sign of the Four

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“How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains,, must be the truth?”

Arthur Conan Doyle book The Sign of the Four

Variant: When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
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“But love is an emotional thing, and whatever is emotional is opposed to that true cold reason which I place above all things.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book The Sign of the Four

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“You know my methods. Apply them.”

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“… while the individual man is an insoluble puzzle, in the aggregate he becomes a mathematical certainty.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book The Sign of the Four

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“The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.”

Arthur Conan Doyle book The Sign of the Four

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“No: I am not tired. I have a curious constitution. I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely." ~ Sherlock Holmes”

Arthur Conan Doyle book The Sign of the Four

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“You have done all the work in this business. I get a wife out of it, Jones gets the credit, pray what remains for you?"
"For me," said Sherlock Holmes, "there still remains the cocaine bottle.”

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