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Astronomy.—Nil. 4. Politics.—Feeble. ASTRONOMY NIL FOUR POLITICS FEEBLE
e useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.” “But the Solar System!” I protested. “What the deuce is it to me?” he interrupted impatiently; “you say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.” I was on the point of asking him what that work might be, but something in his manner showed me that the question would be an unwelcome one. I pondered over our short conversation, however, and endeavoured to draw my deductions from it. He said that he would acquire no knowledge which did not bear upon his object. Therefore all the knowledge which he possessed was such as would be useful to him. I enumerated in my own mind all the various points upon which he had shown me that he was exceptionally well-informed. I even took a pencil and jotted them down. I could not help smiling at the document when I had completed it. It ran in this way— SHERLOCK HOLMES—his limits. 1. Knowledge of Literature.—Nil. 2. Philosophy.—Nil. 3. ST IMPORTANCE THEREFORE NOT TO USELESS FACTS ELBOWING OUT THE USEFUL ONES BUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM I PROTESTED WHAT THE DEUCE IS IT TO ME HE INTERRUPTED IMPATIENTLY YOU SAY THAT WE GO ROUND THE SUN IF WE WENT ROUND THE MOON IT WOULD NOT MAKE A PENNYWORTH OF DIFFERENCE TO ME OR TO MY WORK I WAS ON THE POINT OF ASKING HIM WHAT THAT WORK MIGHT BE BUT SOMETHING IN HIS MANNER SHOWED ME THAT THE QUESTION WOULD BE AN UNWELCOME ONE I PONDERED OVER OUR SHORT CONVERSATION HOWEVER AND ENDEAVOURED TO DRAW MY DEDUCTIONS FROM IT HE SAID THAT HE WOULD ACQUIRE NO KNOWLEDGE WHICH DID NOT BEAR UPON HIS OBJECT THEREFORE ALL THE KNOWLEDGE WHICH HE POSSESSED WAS SUCH AS WOULD BE USEFUL TO HIM I ENUMERATED IN MY OWN MIND ALL THE VARIOUS POINTS UPON WHICH HE HAD SHOWN ME THAT HE WAS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL INFORMED I EVEN TOOK A PENCIL AND JOTTED THEM DOWN I COULD NOT HELP SMILING AT THE DOCUMENT WHEN I COMPLETED IT IT RAN IN THIS WAY SHERLOCK HOLMES HIS LIMITS ONE KNOWLEDGE OF LITERATURE NIL TWO PHILOSOPHY NIL THREE
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