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It takes a tribe to raise a human. Evolution thus favoured those capable of forming strong social ties. In addition, since humans are born underdeveloped, they can be educated and socialised to a far greater extent than any other animal.
“How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains, HOWEVER IMPROBABLE, must be the truth?”
― Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection
― Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Collection
“But the world had gone mad, in his opinion. Lies and stupidity were more widespread than ever before. Demagogues and psychopaths dominated the political scene, and prejudice and intolerance were poisoning everything, sometimes even penetrating the discussions within his own, otherwise sensible team.”
― The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
― The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
“It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
― The Complete Short Stories of Sherlock Holmes
― The Complete Short Stories of Sherlock Holmes
“Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.”
― The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
― The Adventure of the Copper Beeches - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story
“Hilda argued that our fate is more likely determined by what she called our “unique environment”—the one we do not share with anyone, not even our siblings. It is the environment we seek out and create for ourselves, for example, when we find something which delights and fascinates us and drives us in a certain direction.”
― The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
― The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
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