Monday Morning Quote – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on Finding Reason

Today’s Monday Morning Quote comes from an author who has been the receiver of love and loyalty from all around the world. My dear Watson, this one is a mystery that is easy to solve!

I feel that there is reason lurking in you somewhere, so we will patiently grope round for it. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Creator of Sherlock Holmes

Scottish writer and physician, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for his creation of Sherlock Holmes, a sharp-eyed detective with acute deductive reasoning skills. Aside from crime fiction, Conan Doyle wrote science fiction, historical novels, romances, and poetry as well.

Conan Doyle was the third of ten children. It can be assumed that his mother’s gift for storytelling and love of books was passed onto him, but it wasn’t until years later when he began studying medicine that Conan Doyle would begin writing short stories himself. After getting his degree in medicine, Conan Doyle attempted to open an independent practice in Portsmouth, England. After a shaky start, the practice was able to provide him with a steady income in its third year, at which point he began dividing his time between seeing patients and writing.

In 1886, Conan Doyle introduced the world to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson when he published A Study in Scarlet. A few years later in 1891, Conan Doyle published his first Sherlock Holmes short story (“A Scandal in Bohemia”) in The Strand magazine; he already had a loyal following and the story was quickly successful. In 1983, Conan Doyle decided to end the publications with the death of Sherlock Holmes in “The Adventures of the Final Problem”; more than twenty thousand readers of The Strand, canceled their subscriptions.

After many angry letters from fans, Conan Doyle was persuaded to continue writing stories about the famous detective, publishing the well-known The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1902. In the end, he would produce over 55 stories and four novels involving Sherlock Holmes.

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