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It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Age: 71 †
Born: 1859
Born: May 22
Died: 1930
Died: July 7
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I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.
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He seems to have declared war on the King’s English as well as on the English king.
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