I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical facul…

Arthur Conan Doyle
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I never guess. It is a shocking habit destructive to the logical faculty. ✨ Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). The Sign of the Four, p.21, Arthur Conan Doyle
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