• The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  British author 1859-1930
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. insurance-money
2. philanthropist
3. quarter
4. million
5. london

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The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor. by : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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