But it is in matters beyond the limits of mere rule that the skill of the analyst is evinced.
with various and variable values, what is only complex is mistaken (a not unusual error) for what is profound. The attention is here called powerfully into play
e is fond of enigmas, of conundrums, of hieroglyphics; exhibiting in his solutions of each a degree of acumen which appears to the ordinary apprehension præternatural. His results, brought about by the very soul and essence of method, have, in truth, the whole air of intuition.
What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, although puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjectur
What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, although puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture
Had the routine of our life at this place been known to the world, we should have been regarded as madmen – although, perhaps, as madmen of a harmless nature.
I felt that the society of such a man would be to me a treasure beyond price
Our first meeting was at an obscure library in the Rue Montmartre
first meeting was at an obscure library in the Rue Montmartre
Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin
