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Baker Street Elementary – As the Wheel Turns

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Knowledge of Philosophy.—Nil.” [STUD] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhihYSHmjkQ7sSatoHe_NM3h8SJO8DM6nwvelyUeYjwM90mywwWGrvBfht5HTf2Ci3XKLPJm0O5NEaWiJcx08rg2NOcq1CpZ7JPP-U2IzLbPq2RCVK7GXtboFjaWIFuGB-VusXCe6UjNpR4vSOXEMNUCNmA-vHwheQRGpTd3CYbqH5pkLbBZ_-3Y_Rg/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20150.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhihYSHmjkQ7sSatoHe_NM3h8SJO8DM6nwvelyUeYjwM90mywwWGrvBfht5HTf2Ci3XKLPJm0O5NEaWiJcx08rg2NOcq1CpZ7JPP-U2IzLbPq2RCVK7GXtboFjaWIFuGB-VusXCe6UjNpR4vSOXEMNUCNmA-vHwheQRGpTd3CYbqH5pkLbBZ_-3Y_Rg/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20150.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In his initial assessment of Sherlock Holmes's limits, Watson would have us believe that Holmes was completely uninformed as to philosophy. But Holmes's actions—and later his words—tell us differently.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">One of the universal similarities in many religions and in philosophy is the cyclical structure of things:  nature and human nature are repetitive and predictable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ice ages follow eons of warmth, only to be followed by warming once again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Volcanoes rise from the ocean depths, creating islands that later teem with life. But reactivated lava can snuff out that life and build more land mass.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">On Ash Wednesday, the Christian religion reminds us that "you are from dust and unto dust you shall return." The Hindu religion has a belief in the cyclical and self-renewing nature of all things. It’s called <i>saṃsāra</i>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In the Victorian era in which Holmes and Watson lived, a sense of order and predictability was prized above all else. This is why clients sought the help of Sherlock Holmes: he used his logic and knowledge of past crimes to help make sense of the uneasy present.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In fact, he recommended to Inspector MacDonald to study the history of crime, indicating that he would find trends to help guide him in future crimes: </div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“Mr. Mac, the most practical thing that you ever did in your life would be to shut yourself up for three months and read twelve hours a day at the annals of crime. Everything comes in circles—even Professor Moriarty. Jonathan Wild was the hidden force of the London criminals, to whom he sold his brains and his organization on a fifteen per cent commission. <b>The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up. It’s all been done before, and will be again</b>. I’ll tell you one or two things about Moriarty which may interest you.” (<i>The Valley of Fear</i>)</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Was Holmes ignorant of philosophy? Perhaps in the traditional sense of studying particular philosophers. But in practical terms, Sherlock Holmes understood and embraced some of the lessons that philosophy teaches. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">By having an institutional memory and a broader understanding of human nature from plenty of reading, he prepared — just as we can — for what might come next.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Such wisdom is less like a map and more like a compass: it provides a sense of direction to avoid getting lost.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The decisions we make will be based on the terrain in front of us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And like Holmes, when we recognize patterns, it means sure footing.</div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of course, it's never sure footing at Baker Street Elementary...</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9BUu8XO4-1AJs99tkWV6_vS_YL1J9xsK0MqTYIWfsb4bPZ7BF4BpaFhFOsXj2kPA1-Gj2BTlM9BdGm7YPdEUPfzqgCJA2aIYdM-tZqgaTa7E23IX_6mrRoi-65vaVN2n46ExuCTHY8So2sXsjHYga0cezQhA78btN0sVCO9Q2NUkBfDF9nPDVyRSZ4A/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20150.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9BUu8XO4-1AJs99tkWV6_vS_YL1J9xsK0MqTYIWfsb4bPZ7BF4BpaFhFOsXj2kPA1-Gj2BTlM9BdGm7YPdEUPfzqgCJA2aIYdM-tZqgaTa7E23IX_6mrRoi-65vaVN2n46ExuCTHY8So2sXsjHYga0cezQhA78btN0sVCO9Q2NUkBfDF9nPDVyRSZ4A/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20150.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1bYZbVtNH9c5qkkEwGJyFYw5cGmw_EV4HN57v7SyX0FdqiJniLkEOxRgODgbQP7sk84uyzsNXUv7mhSBRgMl3rpiL5gE5cldvbbTOVdS3pbxdxzQ1bQhNUIGPBX5vEiSmsdif7Nw5nNFmrVqjTvfASIw-SpYIRgO7lqjR9c1vMWYezfNJuDArkkGLQ/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20150.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1bYZbVtNH9c5qkkEwGJyFYw5cGmw_EV4HN57v7SyX0FdqiJniLkEOxRgODgbQP7sk84uyzsNXUv7mhSBRgMl3rpiL5gE5cldvbbTOVdS3pbxdxzQ1bQhNUIGPBX5vEiSmsdif7Nw5nNFmrVqjTvfASIw-SpYIRgO7lqjR9c1vMWYezfNJuDArkkGLQ/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20150.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdw62T_xbdx-2ed56scQvzcdVffP0tSxO_3KGTL0JXfd8BQ3SYk6ZmOJpx0hYwTx7PFqeOLGeX4VYU-0zxsyjWTAh3J3kbwMCPyXzcuL7cqJh1PCUFGqVrhINNPoZrZmoFNyVBGaNOWKvPm1JYsf4OwYIYvMyg501YUBMHX9-WaIBnf4yH6xGKGj_UxQ/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20150.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdw62T_xbdx-2ed56scQvzcdVffP0tSxO_3KGTL0JXfd8BQ3SYk6ZmOJpx0hYwTx7PFqeOLGeX4VYU-0zxsyjWTAh3J3kbwMCPyXzcuL7cqJh1PCUFGqVrhINNPoZrZmoFNyVBGaNOWKvPm1JYsf4OwYIYvMyg501YUBMHX9-WaIBnf4yH6xGKGj_UxQ/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20150.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. 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Baker Street Elementary – As the Wheel Turns

“Knowledge of Philosophy.—Nil.” [STUD] In his initial assessment of Sherlock Holmes's limits, Watson would have us believe that Holmes ...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 260: A Dose of Curare

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Well up in belladonna, opium, and poisons generally” [STUD] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76OSGKgxfPxoWUffzWRoa6h1vQ1xTVniDtvcscfyPhbfh5bKJRJ8ZB3v1KuSFQSNnO2vaXlnkxfbu1Ui5jukhryon6sgvWUl8ast8oOPRGK2xO3di8s7-egNeMZ-lrtEuu2JYs4YoH2feUZnoLBbg1Q9EJvBX16NH1h2uYAWs8a2YGDVRJMQJW0t56A/s1593/ihose260%20widescreen.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1186" data-original-width="1593" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh76OSGKgxfPxoWUffzWRoa6h1vQ1xTVniDtvcscfyPhbfh5bKJRJ8ZB3v1KuSFQSNnO2vaXlnkxfbu1Ui5jukhryon6sgvWUl8ast8oOPRGK2xO3di8s7-egNeMZ-lrtEuu2JYs4YoH2feUZnoLBbg1Q9EJvBX16NH1h2uYAWs8a2YGDVRJMQJW0t56A/w640-h476/ihose260%20widescreen.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>There's a large number of Sherlock Holmes stories that involve poisons or toxins. Once you begin to tally them up, you may be surprised, as was our guest in this episode.</p><p>Marina Stajic, BSI ("Curare"), ASH ("Lady Frances Carfax") has written and presented extensively on Sherlock Holmes and poisons. Her chosen profession makes her the ideal individual to do this: she was a forensic toxicologist. Her Sherlockian scholarship has appeared in The Baker Street Journal, The Sherlock Holmes Journal, The Serpentine Muse, and numerous BSI Press books.</p><p>Marina joined us to talk about the confluence of her career and her Sherlockian interests, her assessment of Sherlock Holmes's abilities regarding poisons and toxins, and shares the story behind her infamous display of Edwardian undergarments.</p><p>It looks like last episode's big surprise caught our listeners' attention: we have a winner of the the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> quiz — plus a new puzzle for you to solve. 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Episode 260: A Dose of Curare

“Well up in belladonna, opium, and poisons generally” [STUD] There's a large number of Sherlock Holmes stories that involve poisons or ...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Hobby Horse

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“this is my special hobby” [HOUN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBxwDBGgpjtHacnFEbbMTCeVPER7bjwFbxokml3UNYoybqyo_YoSvrHasw4rXE__ho366pYyWn2uh_I7tYqP4cqiO5P33hyd0AgbFXZKfUJw1M26qIeptteRqNM51ysr9DjDFSSSZSsqX8UG1HH0EpCekoOwp4k4_D2_dJ034Wzum4KinH_i4xjHrtA/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20149.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHBxwDBGgpjtHacnFEbbMTCeVPER7bjwFbxokml3UNYoybqyo_YoSvrHasw4rXE__ho366pYyWn2uh_I7tYqP4cqiO5P33hyd0AgbFXZKfUJw1M26qIeptteRqNM51ysr9DjDFSSSZSsqX8UG1HH0EpCekoOwp4k4_D2_dJ034Wzum4KinH_i4xjHrtA/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20149.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There is a line in "The Copper Beeches" that doesn't get enough attention.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">When Violet Hunter investigated the uninhabited wing of the house, she was confronted by Jephro Rucastle. She questioned him about the locked room and he responded:</div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“ ‘Photography is one of my hobbies,’ said he. ‘I have made my dark room up there.’ ”</div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This seems to be a strange claim to make, and it makes us wonder whether Mr. Rucastle had thought this through. Perhaps he was just as startled to find Miss Hunter snooping around as she was when he confronted her, and in such a circumstance he simply blurted out what seemed to be a logical explanation for an isolated and locked room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">However, there was a flaw in his hastily-told lie: hobbyists — particularly those who dabble in a pastime that produces some kind of art — typically like to share the fruits of their labor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Looking around the walls of the Copper Beeches, Miss Hunter would have been able to immediately discern that Rucastle's supposed hobby was a ruse. For if he were indeed an amateur photographer, wouldn't he have proudly displayed his work around the home?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Baron Gruner saw through Dr. Watson's ruse in "The Illustrious Client," as Watson claimed work kept him from researching a piece of Chinese pottery supposedly in his collection:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“If a man has a hobby he follows it up, whatever his other pursuits may be.”</div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The natural follow-up to having a dark room for photography would have been to print and display photographs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While Rucastle warned Violet Hunter away from the room by threat of dog, had he been a little more clever, he would have known that his ruse was about to be exposed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Let's see what the boys at Baker Street Elementary were able to expose in the way of hobbies...</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzdnU-w0PNs7ZMPvDyfFqHhJ8i3HLd717vXAEz97cgf5oSB5hOhx-TG-G-wGfc9bFxlT-rC0i01PgZr7Twf0ma5KTw5umcNKTKvunrt1JKfZSMMXQtYM9JB_Q21ahigOre8dek_VrE7ltybj_Uz38OaWUd6ASPFFzeDcwVSEclGNan2CxWqkA77wnojw/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20149.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzdnU-w0PNs7ZMPvDyfFqHhJ8i3HLd717vXAEz97cgf5oSB5hOhx-TG-G-wGfc9bFxlT-rC0i01PgZr7Twf0ma5KTw5umcNKTKvunrt1JKfZSMMXQtYM9JB_Q21ahigOre8dek_VrE7ltybj_Uz38OaWUd6ASPFFzeDcwVSEclGNan2CxWqkA77wnojw/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20149.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZHUx40O2a2x8qW0GMdrOgzgUbXLWpfjjcn1HrLDNR9zcIjrYMrBGosnPXGc5o8nvQhEiQl_U37dd3z7Vtu1Y9AycYYfpulr_7BVhUwOiRsrisEFs93zykrVC2u4_6Bz2o25S6Zl3qsWHiGpc3kAFF-ut_cFEXlGuNg_FE5EHfym29NWRU4S6vE_2MA/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20149.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZHUx40O2a2x8qW0GMdrOgzgUbXLWpfjjcn1HrLDNR9zcIjrYMrBGosnPXGc5o8nvQhEiQl_U37dd3z7Vtu1Y9AycYYfpulr_7BVhUwOiRsrisEFs93zykrVC2u4_6Bz2o25S6Zl3qsWHiGpc3kAFF-ut_cFEXlGuNg_FE5EHfym29NWRU4S6vE_2MA/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20149.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsRGXwoO-qIXmoROJLpEbFVmyXjVfgzCe4Xo61lB8S8Twd7b-bRuFAmnOLr02-E1OrJlK9SX8OoHL69zJvPcLTSIEMeLEHWU6sg3dfGg8pWzj3jPKf53UaHKjtL5XXJDWVnUj15VQjkEYEOiYol6xl11QaBEMeA8LhG-M0dXq3dW2ouPJCI1QyZNv1A/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20149.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBsRGXwoO-qIXmoROJLpEbFVmyXjVfgzCe4Xo61lB8S8Twd7b-bRuFAmnOLr02-E1OrJlK9SX8OoHL69zJvPcLTSIEMeLEHWU6sg3dfGg8pWzj3jPKf53UaHKjtL5XXJDWVnUj15VQjkEYEOiYol6xl11QaBEMeA8LhG-M0dXq3dW2ouPJCI1QyZNv1A/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20149.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. 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