My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work! ✨ Sherlo…

Arthur Conan Doyle
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My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work! ✨ Sherlock Holmes, responding to Doctor Watson's remonstrations about his cocaine use, in The Sign of Four (1890). So, cryptology replaces drug abuse!
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My mind rebels at stagnation, give me problems, give me work! ✨ Sherlock Holmes, responding to Doctor Watson's remonstrations about his cocaine use, in The Sign of Four (1890). So, cryptology replaces drug abuse!

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