## Metadata - Author: [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] - Full Title: The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection - Category: #books ## Highlights - There are some trees, Watson, which grow to a certain height, and then suddenly develop some unsightly eccentricity. You will see it often in humans. I have a theory that the individual represents in his development the whole procession of his ancestors, and that such a sudden turn to good or evil stands for some strong influence which came into the line of his pedigree. The person becomes, as it were, the epitome of the history of his own family.” ([Location 18363](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B003A03RRU&location=18363))