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   Kevin
   

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   Did you know that Sherlock Holmes creator smoked a pipe? Check out the latest from Fred Brown, in our Pipe Smokers of the Past column - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Physician, Sherlock Holmes Author - Pipe Smoker

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   Great read.

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   yup. great read....
   maybe the push i need to read some of his work.

   ----> "The measure of one’s character is how you treat people who can't do anything for you."

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   Very informative. I had a history professor that did research on Doyle and his idea of Holmes, and said most likely Holmes would have smoked either a church warden or a strait pipe. My prof said its because of the characters upfront and direct point of view, not to mention he tended to be quite brash when it came to talking to people. I miss my old prof he was a pipe smoker also, but passed a few years after I took his coarse. next bowl is for you Prof. Teech.

   If you can't pack it, light it, and smoke it then why do it. It's a dieing art that must be rekindled in all of us as fortold by our forefathers.
   
   Words to live by for all pipe smokers.

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   Doyle's reputation suffered most from his dedication to spiritualism. He devoted most of his efforts after the war to this topic, attending seances and speaking tours around the world. He wrote several books on the topic. I think he was influenced by his Irish ancestry and his father's illustrations of fairies.

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   Nothing against that. Many colonial tobacco farmers started out that way untill they realised the profit to be made.

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   If you guys could copy / paste your comments onto the article comment section, it would be super appreciated. Thanks!

   It would be encouraging to Fred, as he doesn't read the forums.

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   That was a great read... also posted in article comments!

   "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
   - Benjamin Franklin
   

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