Arthur Conan Doyle

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

He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker.

“This is indeed a mystery,”

“Well, moonshine is a brighter thing than fog

l air of dissipation which would have made his own person the fitting object of a Scotland Yard investigation. He was immensely tickled by his own adventures, and laughed heartily as he recounted them

has cast a gloom over the county

Though Sir Charles had resided at Baskerville Hall for a comparatively short period

his amiability of character and extreme generosity had won the affection and respect of all who had been brought into contact with him

his eyes fell upon

It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.