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Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and Analysis is one which can only be acquired by long and patient study nor is life long enough to allow any mortal to attain the highest possible perfection in it. LIKE ALL OTHER ARTS THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION AND ANALYSIS IS ONE WHICH CAN ONLY BE ACQUIRED BY LONG AND PATIENT STUDY NOR IS LIFE LONG ENOUGH TO ALLOW ANY MORTAL TO ATTAIN THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE PERFECTION IN IT
man might learn by an accurate and systematic examination of all that came in his way. It struck me as being a remarkable mixture of shrewdness and of absurdity. The reasoning was close and intense, but the deductions appeared to me to be far-fetched and exaggerated. The writer claimed by a momentary expression, a twitch of a muscle or a glance of an eye, to fathom a man’s inmost thoughts. Deceit, according to him, was an impossibility in the case of one trained to observation and analysis. His conclusions were as infallible as so many propositions of Euclid. So startling would his results appear to the uninitiated that until they learned the processes by which he had arrived at them they might well consider him as a necromancer. “From a drop of water,” said the writer, “a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other. So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a single link of it. UCH AN OBSERVANT MAN MIGHT LEARN BY AN ACCURATE AND SYSTEMATIC EXAMINATION OF ALL THAT CAME IN HIS WAY IT STRUCK ME AS BEING A REMARKABLE MIXTURE OF SHREWDNESS AND OF ABSURDITY THE REASONING WAS CLOSE AND INTENSE BUT THE DEDUCTIONS APPEARED TO ME TO BE FAR FETCHED AND EXAGGERATED THE WRITER CLAIMED BY A MOMENTARY EXPRESSION A TWITCH OF A MUSCLE OR A GLANCE OF AN EYE TO FATHOM A MAN'S INMOST THOUGHTS DECEIT ACCORDING TO HIM WAS AN IMPOSSIBILITY IN THE CASE OF ONE TRAINED TO OBSERVATION AND ANALYSIS HIS CONCLUSIONS WERE AS INFALLIBLE AS SO MANY PROPOSITIONS OF EUCLID SO STARTLING WOULD HIS RESULTS APPEAR TO THE UNINITIATED THAT UNTIL THEY LEARNED THE PROCESSES BY WHICH HE HAD ARRIVED AT THEM THEY MIGHT WELL CONSIDER HIM AS A NECROMANCER FROM A DROP OF WATER SAID THE WRITER A LOGICIAN COULD INFER THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ATLANTIC OR A NIAGARA WITHOUT HAVING SEEN OR HEARD ONE OR THE OTHER SO ALL LIFE IS LIKE A GREAT CHAIN THE NATURE OF WHICH IS KNOWN WHENEVER WE HAVE SHOWN A SINGLE LINK OF IT
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