I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development. Would you have any objection to my running my finger along your parietal fissure? A cast of your skull, sir, until the original is available, would be an ornament to any anthropological museum. It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull. β¨ Arthur Conan DOYLE (2009). Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes, p.310, Omnibus
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- There is nothing like first-hand evidence. β¨ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2013). Collected Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Delphi Classics), p.42, Delphi Classics
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