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The Science of Deduction.

           ThenIpickedupamagazinefromthetableandattemptedtowhileawaythetimewithit,whilemycompanionmunchedsilentlyathistoast. Oneofthearticleshadapencilmarkattheheading,andInaturallybegantorunmyeyethroughit. 

           Itssomewhatambitioustitlewas“TheBookofLife,”anditattemptedtoshowhowmuchanobservantmanmightlearnbyanaccurateandsystematicexaminationofallthatcameinhisway. Itstruckmeasbeingaremarkablemixtureofshrewdnessandofabsurdity. Thereasoningwascloseandintense,butthedeductionsappearedtometobefar-fetchedandexaggerated. Thewriterclaimedbyamomentaryexpression,atwitchofamuscleoraglanceofaneye,tofathomaman’sinmostthoughts. Deceit,accordingtohim,wasanimpossibilityinthecaseofonetrainedtoobservationandanalysis. HisconclusionswereasinfallibleassomanypropositionsofEuclid. Sostartlingwouldhisresultsappeartotheuninitiatedthatuntiltheylearnedtheprocessesbywhichhehadarrivedatthemtheymightwellconsiderhimasanecromancer. 

           “Fromadropofwater,”saidthewriter,“alogiciancouldinferthepossibilityofanAtlanticoraNiagarawithouthavingseenorheardofoneortheother. Soalllifeisagreatchain,thenatureofwhichisknownwheneverweareshownasinglelinkofit. Likeallotherarts,theScienceofDeductionandAnalysisisonewhichcanonlybeacquiredbylongandpatientstudynorislifelongenoughtoallowanymortaltoattainthehighestpossibleperfectioninit. 

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