4.0280 Query on Sherlock Holmes; Quote Reference Book (2/24)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Fri, 13 Jul 90 17:06:49 EDT

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 0280. Friday, 13 Jul 1990.


(1) Date: Thu, 12 Jul 90 22:47:03 -0400 (13 lines)
From: jdg@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Joel D. Goldfield)
Subject: "Knowledge & the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle theory"

(2) Date: Fri, 13 Jul 90 09:48:20 MDT (11 lines)
From: koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz)
Subject: Useful Reference on Finding Quotes

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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 90 22:47:03 -0400
From: jdg@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Joel D. Goldfield)
Subject: "Knowledge & the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle theory"

Can someone confirm my impression that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle puts
into the mouth of Sherlock Holmes his idea that a "brain too full"
(my paraphrase) requires that some previously "learned" information
leave before new information can be retained?

Regards,
Joel D. Goldfield
jdg@eleazar.dartmouth.edu
joelg@psc.bitnet
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 90 09:48:20 MDT
From: koontz@alpha.bldr.nist.gov (John E. Koontz)
Subject: Useful Reference on Finding Quotes

I noticed the following new book and thought that it might be useful in
connection with a recurring theme of this list:

Shipps, Anthony W. 1990. The quote sleuth: a manual for the tracer of
lost quotations. U of Illinois Press. 200 p.