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...Arthur Conan Doyle: "I announced that I created 'Sherlock Holmes' to be my advance agent. Years ago I reasoned that, through Holmes, people would hear of me and would accordingly lend ready ear to my preaching...
Combination 2.--Bow, P. W. Smith '25; 2, C. A. Weyerhauser '23; 3, J. E. Brookhouse '25; 4, Donald Maxwell '23; 5, Julius Wadsworth '25; 6, W. A. Spurr '25; 7, C. Van B. Cushman '25; stroke, Sherlock Davis...
Whatever reason there may be for the criticism of Dr. Doyle's argument, however, there seems no occasion for surprise that his logic is not always perfect. The author of Sherlock Holmes may or may not be right about the spirit world, but it is hard to understand why he should be generally rated as a master of scientific deduction because he invented a fictional character purporting to be such...
...mysteries of the life beyond death, science will doubtless reveal many clues in time, but one must be distinctly credulous to accept Sir Conan Doyle's criteria in the meantime because he invented Sherlock Holmes. San Francisco Journal
Entertainig for two hours and three quarters and enthusiastic audience that filled the Living Room in the Union last night, Mr. William J. Burns told story after story about his career that made Sherlock Holmes place in comparison, and concluded by launching a tirade against the sinister doings and the propaganda spread by the Soviet Government. "What I wan to do," said Mr. Burns at the beginning of his talk, "is to point out the fact of the futility of the crook ever getting away with it, and to show that there is nothing to the detective business except...