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Quotation from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
“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.”
The Sign of the Four, Ch. 1 (Project Gutenberg #2097)
Holmes explains why he turns to cocaine when he has no case.
Citation: "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." — Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign of the Four, Ch. 1 (Project Gutenberg #2097). (id the-sign-of-the-four-q2)
