As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both…

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The ideal reasoner, he remarked, would, when he had once been shown a single fact...

The ideal reasoner, he remarked, would, when he had once been shown a single fact...

From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or...

From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or...

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most...

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most...

For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always...

For strange effects and extraordinary combinations we must go to life itself, which is always...

You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us...

You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us...

In an experience of women that extends over many nations and three separate continents, I...

In an experience of women that extends over many nations and three separate continents, I...

As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it...

As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it...

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

Where there is no imagination there is no horror.

Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.

Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you...

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you...

I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty.

I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty.

London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are...

London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are...

The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.

The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.

We can't command our love, but we can our actions.

We can't command our love, but we can our actions.

Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be...

Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be...

Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk,...

Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk,...

To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is frequently in its...

To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is frequently in its...

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.

Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.