My surprise reached a climax, however, when I found incidentally that he was ignorant of the Copernican Theory and of the composition of the Solar System. Upon my quoting Thomas Carlyle, he inquired in the naivest way who he might be and what he had done. Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know nothing. His ignorance was as remarkable as his knowledge.Nothing could exceed his energy when the working fit was upon him but now and again a reaction would seize him, and for days on end he would lie upon the sofa in the sitting room, hardly uttering a word or moving a muscle from morning to night.You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive.There I stayed for some time at a private hotel in the Strand, leading a comfortless, meaningless existence, and spending such money as I had, considerably more freely than I ought Under such circumstances I naturally gravitated to London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained. I had neither kith nor kin in England, and was therefore as free as air - or as free as an income of eleven shillings and sixpence a day will permit a man to be.I had no idea that such individuals exist outside of stories. There are fifty who can reason synthetically for one who can reason analytically. Quotes Page numbers refer to The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes (1981) ISBN 0713914440 A Study in Scarlet (1887) It is a capital mistake to theorize before you have all the evidence. 1.9.10 The Adventure of the Retired Colourman.1.9.9 The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place.1.9.7 The Adventure of the Creeping Man.1.9.5 The Adventure of the Three Garridebs.1.9.4 The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire.1.9.3 The Adventure of the Three Gables.1.9.2 The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier.1.9.1 The Adventure of the Illustrious Client.1.9 The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927).1.8.6 The Adventure of the Devil's Foot.1.8.4 The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans.1.6.11 The Adventure of the Second Stain.1.6.10 The Adventure of the Abbey Grange.1.6.9 The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter.1.6.8 The Adventure of the Three Students.1.6.6 The Adventure of the Six Napoleons.1.6.5 The Adventure of the Priory School.1.6.4 The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist.1.6.2 The Adventure of the Norwood Builder.1.6.1 The Adventure of the Empty House (1903).1.6 The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1905).1.5 The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902).1.4 The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1893).1.3.10 The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.1.3.9 The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet.1.3.8 The Adventure of the Speckled Band.1.3.7 The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.1.3 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892).

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