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    The Napoleon of Crime.
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    To the man who loves art for its own sake,... it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived.
    —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

    To me a book is a message from the gods to mankind; or, if not, should never be published at all.... A message from the gods should be delivered at once. It is damnably blasphemous to talk about the autumn season and so on. How dare the author or publisher demand a price for doing his duty, the highest and most honourable to which a man can be called?
    Aleister Crowley (1875–1947)