My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere..I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession--or rather created it--for I am the only one in the world."
Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Sign of Four," 1890.
Sherlock Holmes in Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Sign of Four," 1890.
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