 | Arthur Conan Doyle - Fiction - 1992 - 468 pages
...all life is a great chain, the nature, of which is known whenever we are shown a single lmk of it. Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and...highest possible perfection in it. Before turning to these moral and mental aspects of the matter which present the greatest difficulties, let the inquirer... | |
 | J. Kenneth Van Dover - Fiction - 1994 - 284 pages
...final portion of Watson's excerpt from Holmes's The Book of Life takes a significantly didactic tone. "The Science of Deduction and Analysis is one which...to attain the highest possible perfection in it." Perfect knowing how to know, yielding perfect knowledge, is attainable only by the immortal — ie... | |
 | Arthur Conan Doyle - Fiction - 1996 - 1136 pages
...all life is a great chain, the nature, of which is known whenever we are shown a single link of it. Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and...highest possible perfection in it. Before turning to these moral and mental aspects of the matter which present the greatest difficulties, let the inquirer... | |
 | Robert D. Keppel, William J. Birnes - True Crime - 1997 - 390 pages
...all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a single link of it. Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and...highest possible perfection in it. Before turning to these moral and mental aspects of the matter which present the greatest difficulties, let the inquirer... | |
 | Jean E. Hampton - Philosophy - 1998 - 332 pages
...and Reasoning Chapter 7 Expected Utility Theory and Instrumental Reasoning [computer file 4/23/95] Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and...mortal to attain the highest possible perfection in it. - Sherlock Holmes (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), A Study in Scarlet In the preceding chapters, I have argued... | |
 | John B. Caouette, Edward I. Altman, Paul Narayanan - Business & Economics - 1998 - 476 pages
...all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a single link of it. Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and...long enough to allow any mortal to attain the highest perfection in it. — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet The taking of credit risk is a fundamental... | |
 | Ronald R. Thomas - Law - 1999 - 368 pages
...Europe was at stake again. PART III Identifying marks CHAPTER 12 The fingerprint and the map of dime Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and...any mortal to attain the highest possible perfection itt it ... By a man's finger-nails, by his coat-sleeve, by his boots, by his trouser-knees, by the... | |
 | Ph.D. Nordby - Law - 1999 - 304 pages
...among the chaos of violent death. chapter one Method—The Andrews Case Reasoning Backward Analytically Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and...mortal to attain the highest possible perfection in it. Sherlock Holmes "Dead body found" means a long night for everyone including my wife. Whether in dry... | |
 | Arthur Conan Doyle - Fiction - 2001 - 228 pages
...all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known wherever we are shown a single link of it. Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and...matter which present the greatest difficulties, let the enquirer begin by mastering more elementary problems. Let him, on meeting a fellow-mortal, learn at... | |
 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Fiction - 2001 - 178 pages
...all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a single link of it. Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and...highest possible perfection in it. Before turning to these moral and mental aspects of the matter which present the greatest difficulties, let the inquirer... | |
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From a drop of water," said the writer, "a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other. So all life is a great chain, the nature of which is known whenever we are shown a single link... 
