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I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart.

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Arthur Conan Doyle
Age: 71 †
Born: 1859
Born: May 22
Died: 1930
Died: July 7
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
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