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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. 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
its that my place had not been laid nor my coffee prepared. With the unreasonable petulance of mankind I rang the bell and gave a curt intimation that I was ready. Then I picked up a magazine from the table and attempted to while away the time with it, while my companion munched silently at his toast. One of the articles had a pencil mark at the heading, and I naturally began to run my eye through it. Its somewhat ambitious title was “The Book of Life,” and it attempted to show how much 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. ED TO MY LATE HABITS THAT MY PLACE HAD NOT BEEN LAID NOR MY COFFEE PREPARED WITH THE UNREASONABLE PETULANCE OF MANKIND I RANG THE BELL AND GAVE A CURT INTIMATION THAT I WAS READY THEN I PICKED UP A MAGAZINE FROM THE TABLE AND ATTEMPTED TO WHILE AWAY THE TIME WITH IT WHILE MY COMPANION MUNCHED SILENTLY AT HIS TOAST ONE OF THE ARTICLES HAD A PENCILIL MARK AT THE HEADING AND I NATURALLY BEGAN TO RUN MY EYE THROUGH IT ITS SOMEWHAT AMBITIOUS TITLE WAS THE BOOK OF LIFE AND IT ATTEMPTED TO SHOW HOW MUCH 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
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