Arthur Conan Doyle: "Sherlock Holmes" (p. 120)
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Victorian society was homogeneous without being homogenized. It was, to paraphrase the epigram about Parliament, a society of extreme eccentrics who agreed so well that they could afford to differ.
— Arthur Conan Doyle on Kenneth Rexroth
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About Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22 1859 – July 7 1930) was a British writer and physician, most famous as the creator of the character Sherlock Holmes.
About Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22 1859 – July 7 1930) was a British writer and physician, most famous as the creator of the character Sherlock Holmes.
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