Убийство на улице Морг

           Thefirsttwoorthreeroundshavingbeenplayed,heisinfullpossessionofthecontentsofeachhand,andthenceforwardputsdownhiscardswithasabsoluteaprecisionofpurposeasiftherestofthepartyhadturnedoutwardthefacesoftheirown. 

           Theanalyticalpowershouldnotbeconfoundedwithsimpleingenuity;forwhiletheanalystisnecessarilyingenious,theingeniousmanoftenremarkablyincapableofanalysis. Theconstructiveorcombiningpower,bywhichingenuityisusuallymanifested,andwhichthephrenologists(Ibelieveerroneously)haveassignedaseparateorgan,supposingitaprimitivefaculty,hasbeensofrequentlyseeninthosewhoseintellectborderedotherwiseuponidiocy,astohaveattractedgeneralobservationamongwritersonmorals. Betweeningenuityandtheanalyticabilitythereexistsadifferencefargreater,indeed,thanthatbetweenthefancyandtheimagination,butofacharacterverystrictlyanalogous. Itwillfound,infact,thattheingeniousarealwaysfanciful,andthetrulyimaginativeneverotherwisethananalytic. 

           Thenarrativewhichfollowswillappeartothereadersomewhatinthelightofacommentaryuponthepropositionsjustadvanced. 

           ResidinginParisduringthespringandpartofthesummerof18—ItherebecameacquaintedwithaMonsieurC.AugusteDupin.