Mycroft Holmes (books)

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For the other versions of the character, see Mycroft Holmes (homonymy)

" You don't expect such energy from me, do you, Sherlock? But somehow this case attracts me.
— Mycroft Holmes to Sherlock [1]
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Mycroft Holmes is a fictional character and a recurring figure in Sherlock Holmes book series. He first appears in "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter", a short story published in "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" in 1893, and makes subsequent appearances in a few other stories, including "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" and "The Adventure of the Final Problem". Mycroft Holmes is the older brother of Sherlock Holmes from seven years, work for the britannic government and is said to have superior powers of intellect than this brother. He is known for his sedentary and reclusive lifestyle, contrasting sharply with Sherlock's more active and adventurous approach to solving mysteries, and is one of founders of Diogenes Club, a club designed for people with misantropic tendencies.

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Reasonning prowess

" He has the tidiest and most orderly brain, with the greatest capacity for storing facts, of any man living. The same great powers which I have turned to the detection of crime he has used for this particular business. The conclusions of every department are passed to him, and he is the central exchange, the clearinghouse, which makes out the balance. All other men are specialists, but his specialism is omniscience. We will suppose that a minister needs information as to a point which involves the Navy, India, Canada and the bimetallic question; he could get his separate advices from various departments upon each, but only Mycroft can focus them all, and say offhand how each factor would affect the other. They began by using him as a short-cut, a convenience; now he has made himself an essential. In that great brain of his everything is pigeon-holed and can be handed out in an instant.
— Sherlock Holmes about Mycroft' abilities [2]
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