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Zuotengdazuo Posted 7 years ago
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If I can only find what the fellow is driving at by reconciling all these accomplishments

When I had got so far in my list I threw it into the fire in despair. "If I can only find what the fellow is driving at by reconciling all these accomplishments, and discovering a calling which needs them all," I said to myself, "I may as well give up the attempt at once."

A Study in Scarlet
By Arthur Conan Doyle

Hi. How should I paraphrase the underlined sentence? I read it as “I hope that I can find what Holmes means to do and I may as well/should give up the attempt”. But this paraphrase doesn’t make sense.

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"If the only way that I can find what the fellow is driving at is by reconciling all these accomplishments, and discovering a calling which needs them all," I said to myself, "I may as well give up the attempt at once."

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Basically, Watson is saying that reconciling all these acco

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