Multiple choice general knowledge

"...he has no ambition and no energy. He will not even go out of his way to verify his own solutions, and would rather be considered wrong than take the trouble to prove himself right. Again and again I have taken a problem to him, and have received an explanation which has afterwards proved to be the correct one. And yet he was absolutely incapable of working out the practical points...".Whom was Sherlock Holmes referring to?

  1. Dr Watson

  2. Mycroft Holmes

  3. Moriarty

  4. Inspector lestrade
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Explanation

In 'The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans', Sherlock Holmes describes his brother Mycroft Holmes this way. Mycroft has superior deductive abilities but lacks the energy to do practical work. Holmes states Mycroft would rather be considered wrong than exert effort to prove himself right.

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