That’s beyond bad paraphrasing - that's the polar opposite of the original.

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Thanks for that. I stand corrected.

But my comment was geared towards those who believe that what I am suggesting is impossible, so to them, the only possibilities left are what they consider impossible.

My favorite quote from Holmes is the slightly modified one in Jeremy Brett's version of "The Naval Treaty":

"What a lovely thing a rose is. There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion. It can be buit up as an exact science by the reason. The highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. It is only goodness which gives excellence, and so I say again, we have much to hope from the flowers."

[The entire high-def Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes tv show series can be found on YouTube.]