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Depend upon it, there is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace.
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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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.
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It is not that I think or believe, but that I know.
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The mighty voice of Canada will ever call to me.
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If my future were black, it was better surely to face it like a man than to attempt to brighten it by mere will-o’-the-wisps of the imagination.
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The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?
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