I should have more faith, he said; I ought to know by this time that w…

Arthur Conan Doyle
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I should have more faith, he said; I ought to know by this time that when a fact appears opposed to a long train of deductions it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation. ✨ A Study in Scarlet. Book by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1887.
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I should have more faith, he said; I ought to know by this time that when a fact appears opposed to a long train of deductions it invariably proves to be capable of bearing some other interpretation. ✨ A Study in Scarlet. Book by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1887.

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