“ The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up. It's all been done before, and will be again. ”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear (1915). copy citation
| Author | Arthur Conan Doyle |
|---|---|
| Source | The Valley of Fear |
| Topic | wheel time repetition |
| Date | 1915 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/3289/3289-h/3289-h.htm |
Context
“«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. The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up. It's all been done before, and will be again. I'll tell you one or two things about Moriarty which may interest you.»
«You'll interest me, right enough.»
«I happen to know who is the first link in his chain—a chain with this Napoleon-gone-wrong at one end, and a hundred broken fighting men, pickpockets, blackmailers, and card sharpers at the other, with every sort of crime in between.” source
«You'll interest me, right enough.»
«I happen to know who is the first link in his chain—a chain with this Napoleon-gone-wrong at one end, and a hundred broken fighting men, pickpockets, blackmailers, and card sharpers at the other, with every sort of crime in between.” source
Meaning and analysis
