...persisted. " You will not apply my precept," he said, shaking his head. " How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth ? We know that he did not come through the door, the window, or the chimney. We also know that he could...

...persisted. " You will not apply my precept," he said, shaking his head. " How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth ? "We know that he did not come through the door, the window, or the chimney. We also know that he...

...persisted. "You will not apply my precept," he said, shaking his head. "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? We know that he did not come through the door, the window, or the chimney. We also know that he could...

...persisted. "You will not apply my precept," he said, shaking his head. "How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? We know that he did not come through the door, the window, or the chimney. We also know that he could...

..." Yon will not apply my precept," he said, ghafc ing his head. " How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth ? We know that he did not come through the door, the •window, or the chimney. We also know that he...

...such, yet- he holds certain definite views on scientific method. A philosopher could not have said, ' when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.' He could not have confused observation with inference, as Holmes does when he says : ' Observation...

...difficulties, and that I have tried to follow the rule laid down by the famous Sherlock Holmes : ' When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.' I am grateful for the help and encouragement I have constantly received from my colleague Dr ET Salmon...

...century after Poe conceived the principle, Conan Doyle had Sherlock Holmes say for the first time: "when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." And there is an inevitability in this phrasing, a perfection of expression, which will never die. The...

...References 219 Tables of support limits for t and x* 225 Index 229 How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? Sherlock Holmes to Dr Watson in The Sign of Four, by A. Conan Doyle In the Art of reasoning upon Things...

...hypnosis can be amazing. WATSON. Are you suggesting that we were somehow hypnotized? Poppycock! HOLMES. When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. I can prove that whatever we saw did not come from outside these four walls. WATSON. I believe you...