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No violence, gentlemen — no violence, I beg of you! Consider the furniture!
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Age: 71 †
Born: 1859
Born: May 22
Died: 1930
Died: July 7
Crime Writer
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
Sir A. Conan Doyle
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable.
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The world is big enough for us. No ghosts need apply.
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