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I am the most incurably lazy devil that ever stood in shoe leather.
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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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
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Let us hear the suspicions. I will look after the proofs.
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