I said that he was my superior in observation and deduction. If the art of the detective began and ended in reasoning from an armchair, my brother wo… - Arthur Conan Doyle

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I said that he was my superior in observation and deduction. If the art of the detective began and ended in reasoning from an armchair, my brother would be the greatest criminal agent that ever lived. But he has no ambition and no energy. He will not even go out of his way to verify his own solutions, and would rather be considered wrong than take the trouble to prove himself right.