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OttoJ Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Education
-But what I can't make head or tail of, Mr. Holmes, is how on earth you got yourself mixed up in the matter."
"Education, Gregson, education. Still seeking knowledge at the old university. Well, Watson, you have one more specimen of the tragic and grotesque to add to your collection. ===
My interpretation:
Sherlock Holmes got involved because he wanted to advance his own knownledge of crime. (But what would OLD UNIVERSITY mean?)
Thank you.
"Education, Gregson, education. Still seeking knowledge at the old university. Well, Watson, you have one more specimen of the tragic and grotesque to add to your collection. ===
My interpretation:
Sherlock Holmes got involved because he wanted to advance his own knownledge of crime. (But what would OLD UNIVERSITY mean?)
Thank you.
Top answer
) The 'University of Life', I suppose, though you have provided scant context.
- ) The 'University of Life', I suppose, though you have provided scant context.
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OttoJBut what would OLD UNIVERSITY mean?)The 'University of Life', I suppose, though you have provided scant context.
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Thank you.
The above is at the end of the story. At the beginning:===
"Why should you go further in it? What have you to gain from it?"
"What, indeed? It is art for art's sake, Watson. I suppose when you doctored you found yourself studying cases without thought of a fee?"
"For my education, Holmes."
"Education never ends,
The above is at the end of the story. At the beginning:===
"Why should you go further in it? What have you to gain from it?"
"What, indeed? It is art for art's sake, Watson. I suppose when you doctored you found yourself studying cases without thought of a fee?"
"For my education, Holmes."
"Education never ends,
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OttoJ1. With this new information, would my interpretation above be wrong?No.
OttoJ2. Does 'greatest for the last' mean one can receive the greatest education in the last lesson?(=at the end of a case, one learns the most.The last lesson in life is death, Otto. Make of that what you will.
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