dividend(noun) that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly. dividend(noun) a number to be divided by another number. dividend(noun) a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus)
Lazarus (as Sherlock Holmes): A person looks through a sack. See 2 men taunting and beating up the person behind the sack. Watson arrives and shoots the 2 bullies. See the reunion of old friends. I am so very glad to see you. The children in the attic are ecstatic. The older girl's grandpa is Holmes and the blond boy's grandpa is Watson.
Throughout the works of Conan Doyle, and the writers who have translated his works for other media, Sherlock Holmes is shown as using deductive logic.. Deductive logic reasons from the general to the particular. The bare-bones deductive argument is the syllogism All men are mortal; Socrates is a man; therefore, Socrates is a mortal..