Arthur Conan
Arthur Conan
london empires idlers
London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.
science literature logic
I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty.
track literature crime
The most difficult crime to track is the one which is purposeless.
example milk trout
Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example.
justice facts proportion
Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.
art men important
To the man who loves art for its own sake, it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived.
book reading writing
You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first one must have been really intolerable.
animal links able
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 before and after.
life writing careers
Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.
classic easy excellent
Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he.
boys details never-trust
Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.
views different may
Circumstantial evidence is a very tricky thing. It may seem to point very straight to one thing, but if you shift your own point of view a little, you may find it pointing in an equally uncompromising manner to something entirely different
fate poison belts
The future was with Fate. The present was our own. ~ The Poison Belt
views clue point-of-view
When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.