Убийство на улице Морг

           ItwasonlyaftertheannouncementthatLeBonhadbeenimprisoned,thatheaskedmemyopinionrespectingthemurders. 

           IcouldmerelyagreewithallParisinconsideringthemaninsolublemystery.Isawnomeansbywhichitwouldbepossibletotracethemurderer. 

           “Wemustnotjudgeofthemeans,”saidDupin,“bythisshellofanexamination.TheParisianpolice,somuchextolledforacumen,arecunning,butnomore.Thereisnomethodintheirproceedings,beyondthemethodofthemoment.Theymakeavastparadeofmeasures;but,notunfrequently,thesearesoilladaptedtotheobjectsproposed,astoputusinmindofMonsieurJourdain’scallingforhisrobe-de-chambre—pourmieuxentendrelamusique.Theresultsattainedbythemarenotunfrequentlysurprising,but,forthemostpart,arebroughtaboutbysimplediligenceandactivity.Whenthesequalitiesareunavailing,theirschemesfall.Vidocq,forexample,wasagoodguesser,andaperseveringman.But,withouteducatedthought,heerredcontinuallybytheveryintensityofhisinvestigations.Heimpairedhisvisionbyholdingtheobjecttooclose.Hemightsee,perhaps,oneortwopointswithunusualclearness,butinsodoinghe,necessarily,lostsightofthematterasawhole.Thusthereissuchathingasbeingtooprofound.Truthisnotalwaysinawell.Infact,asregardsthemoreimportantknowledge,Idobelievethatsheisinvariablysuperficial.Thedepthliesinthevalleyswhereweseekher,andnotuponthemountain-topswheresheisfound.