I guess another of his stellar quality which I admire was his ability to
divert his mind towards lighter topics right in the middle of a serious
investigation which demands all his energies and focus.

I think Watson mentions this as his "power of detaching his mind
at will " in a few places in the Canon. Watson grieves that he
has none of this power of detachment. Once Watson was involved
in a case, his mind would be occupied till there was some light
at the end of the tunnel.

This is a very admirable quality in any person. I guess most
people do not possess this faculty of the mind. When an average
person is faced with what he thinks is a difficult problem, he
tends to worry about it till he fixes it.

--Anand

On Feb 7, 2008 11:02 PM, Tim Symonds <tim.symonds@...> wrote:
> I think SH's most admirable characteristic is his lateral thinking. He can
> bring to bear a part of his brain that other ordinary mortals don't seem to
> possess, to the point it can sometimes seem intuitive rather than reasoned.
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