Arthur Conan Doyle Sr. Quotes

Come what may, I am bound to think that all things are ordered for the best; though when the good is a furlong off, and we with our beetle eyes can only see three inches, it takes some confidence in general principles to pull us through.

- Arthur Conan Doyle Sr.

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