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Quotation by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Dr. Watson and Inspector Forrester discussing Holmes, in "The Reigate Puzzle," The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1892)Dr. Watson, in A Study in Scarlet (1887)Dr. Watson, in "The Five Orange Pips" The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892)Helen Stoner, in "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891)Henry Wood questioning and Sherlock Holmes replying, in "The Crooked Man," The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1892)
A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), British author. Sherlock Holmes, in "The Five Orange Pips," The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892).
Holmes expressed a similar idea in "A Study in Scarlet." See also Doyle's remark under "Mind, the."
Holmes expressed a similar idea in "A Study in Scarlet." See also Doyle's remark under "Mind, the."
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