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"There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion," said he, leaning with his back against the shutters.
"It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner.
Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers.
All other things, our powers, our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance.
But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its colour are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it.
It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers."
-.-.-
An excerpt from The Naval Treaty by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"The flowers"
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[align=right][size=10]"[b]There is [color=#666666][strike][color=#000000]nothing[/color][/strike][/color] in which [i]deduction[/i] is so [/b][i]necessary[/i][b] as in [color=#999999][u][color=#000000]religion[/color][/u][/color],[/b]" said he, leaning with his back against the shutters.
"[b]It can be [i]built up[/i] as an exact [/b]science[b] by the reasoner.
Our [color=#666666][u][color=#000000][i]highest[/i][/color][/u][/color] assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the [/b][i]flowers[/i][b].
All other things, our [i]powers[/i], our [i]desires[/i], our [i]food[/i], are all really [color=#999999][u][color=#000000]necessary[/color][/u][/color] for our existence in the first instance.
But this rose is an [color=#666666][strike][color=#000000]extra[/color][/strike][/color]. Its [/b]smell[b] and its [/b]colour[b] are an [i]embellishment[/i] of life, not a [/b][i]condition[/i][b] of it.
It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have [color=#999999][u][color=#000000]much[/color][/u][/color] to hope from the [i]flowers[/i].[/b]"[/size]
-.-.-
[size=9][color=#666666]An excerpt from [color=#000000][u][color=#666666]The Naval Treaty[/color][/u][/color] by [i]Sir Arthur Conan Doyle[/i][/color][/size][/align]
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True Friendship
"Upon my word, Watson!" said Holmes at last with an unsteady voice.
"I owe you both my thanks and an apology.
It was an unjustifiable experiment even for one's self,
and doubly so for a friend.
I am really very sorry."
"You know," I answered with some emotion,
for I had never seen so much of Holmes's heart before,
"that it is my greatest joy and privilege to help you."
Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Devil's Foot ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Friendship."
[IMGleft]http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k18/BrobdingnagianGuild/Sherlock Holmes/SherlockandWatson003-1.jpg[/IMGleft][size=18][color=#666666][u][color=#000000]True[/color][/u][/color] [color=#000000][u][color=#666666]Friendship[/color][/u][/color][/size]
[align=right][size=10][color=#666666]"[b]Upon my [i]word[/i], Watson![/b]" said Holmes at last with an [color=#000000][u][color=#666666]unsteady[/color][/u][/color] voice.
"[b]I owe you both my thanks and an [/b]apology[b].
It was an [color=#000000][strike][color=#666666]unjustifiable[/color][/strike][/color] experiment even for one's self,
and [i]doubly[/i] so for a friend.
I am really very sorry.[/b]"[/color]
[color=#000000]"[b]You know,[/b]" I answered with some [color=#666666][u][color=#000000][i]emotion[/i][/color][/u][/color],
for I had [color=#666666][strike][color=#000000]never[/color][/strike][/color] seen so much of Holmes's [b][i]heart[/i][/b] before,
"[b]that it is my greatest [i]joy[/i] and [i]privilege[/i] to help you.[/b]"[/color][/size]
[size=8][color=#666666][i]Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Devil's Foot[/i] ~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle[/size][/align]
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"Which is it today," I asked, "morphine or cocaine?"
He raised his eyes languidly from the old black-letter volume which he had opened.
"It is cocaine," he said, "a seven percent solution. Would you care to try it?"
-.-.-
An excerpt from The Sign of Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Morphine and cocaine."
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[align=right][size=10][color=#666666]"[b]Which is it today,[/b]" I asked, "[b][color=#000000][u][color=#666666]morphine[/color][/u][/color] or [color=#000000][strike][color=#666666]cocaine[/color][/strike][/color]?[/b]"
He raised his eyes [b]languidly[/b] from the old [i]black-letter[/i] volume which he had opened.[/color]
[color=#000000]"[b]It is [color=#666666][u][color=#000000]cocaine[/color][/u][/color],[/b]" he said, "[b]a [i]seven percent[/i] solution. Would you care to [color=#666666][strike][color=#000000]try[/color][/strike][/color] it?[/b]"[/color][/size]
-.-.-
[size=9][color=#999999]An excerpt from [b][color=#000000][u][color=#999999]The Sign of Four[/color][/u][/color][/b] by [i]Sir Arthur Conan Doyle[/i][/align]
[size=15][color=#000000][b]"[/b][/color][/size][size=11][color=#666666][/color][/size][size=15][color=#000000][b]"[/b][/color][/size]