Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-07


even unon the FIRST trial, and his
amount OF cunning ls just sufficient 90
MAKE him have them odd upon the Sec
ondi ! WIN therefore guess odd, he
/ Bueascs odd, and wins. Now. with a
slmpleton O. desree above the first he
! would nave reasoned thus This fell
| low inus thar IN the hrst instance
! guessed odd and. IN the second. be will
! propose 90 himself. upon the first Inn
| pulse a simple variation from even 10
ODD, as did the first simpletou. but then
| second thought win suggest that this
| Is too simple a variation and finally
| ne viii decide upon putting n even as
before. viii therefore guess even ne
| guesses even and wins Now. this mode
Of reasoning IN the school boy. whom
| his fellows termed lucky what, In It's
lazy analysis. Is it?"
III Is merely" | said. "an identiiica-
ton Of the reasoner's intellect with that
| Of bis opponent"
1T is," said Dupin; "aud. upon IN.
| curing or the boy BY what means he
euected the thorough identification IN
which his success consisted. ] received
answer as f0llows: When ] w d 20 md
out how wise, or how stupid. or how
good or how wicked q any one. or
what are his thoughts al the moment
/ fashion the expression OF my face
as accurately as possible. IN accord
ance with the expression Of his. and
then wait 10 see what thoughts or SEN
tlments arise m my mind or heart. as
If TO match on correspond with the ex-
preston This response OF the school
boy Hes 40 the bottom of an the spurl-
Gus profundity which has been attrih-
uted TO Bochef0ucault. 10 La BOugve.
TO MachlayellI, and 70 Campanella."
And the Identification I said "of
the reasoner's intellect with that OF his
opponent depends. " / understand you
Alright, upon the accuracy with which
the opponents intellect Is admeasured"
For It's practical value it depends
upon this, replied Dupin: land the
project and bis cohort fan so frequently
first bv default OF this Identification,
and secondly. by ll-admeasurement
or rather through on-0dmeasurement
Of the intellect with which they are en-
gagged They consider only their own
ideas OF ingenuity and, IN searching
for anything hidden. advert only to the
modes IN which they would have hidden
a. They are right In this much-that
their own ingenuity is a faithful rep
resentatlve Of that OF the mass. but
when the cunning OF the individual
fel0n is diverse IN character from their
own, the felon folls them. Of course
This always happens when Il Is above
their own. and very usually when Il is
below. They have no variation OF prin-
ciple IN their investigation: at best,
when urged by some unusual emer-
gency-by some extraordinary reward
they extend or exaggetate their old
~
their principles What for example.
in this case Of D., has been done
10 vary the principle OF action? What
IS on this boring, and probing, and
sounding. and scrutinizing with the
microscope and dividing the surface
OF the building into registered square
inches-what is It all but an exagger-
alton Of the application OF the one
principle or set OF principles Of search,
which are based upon the one set Of no
lions regarding human ingenuity TO
which the project IN the long routine
OF his duty has been accustomed DO
YOU not see that he has taken II for
granted that all men proceed 10 con-
ceal letter-not exactly IN q gimlet
hole bored In a chair-leg. but, at least
IN some out-of-the-wav hole or corner
suggested by some tenor Of thought
which would urge a man TO secrete a
letter IN a gimlet-hole bored In q chair
leg? And do you not see also that
such recherches hooks for concealment
are adapted only for ordinary occasions
and would be adopted only by ordinary
intellects; for, in all cases OF conceal
ment O disposal Of the article con-
cealed-a disposal Of it IN this recherche
manner is. In the very first instance,
presumable and presumed: and thus It's
discovery depends not at all upon the
acumen. but altogether upon the mere
care, patience aud elimination Of the
seekers and where the case Is Of im-
portance-or, what amounts 10 the
same thing In the political eyes. when
the reward Is OF magnltude-the quail
tiles In question nave never been known
70 fail. You VIII now understand what
/ meant IN suggesting that, had the
purloined letter been hidden anywhere
within the limits of the projects exam.
inauOn-in other words had the prin-
clple OF its concealment been compre- |
hended within the principles Of the
project. &c discovery would have been
matter altogether beyond question |
This functonary however has been |
thoroughly mystlded; and the remote |
source OF his defeat lies In the sup |
position that the minister IS a fool be- |
cause he has acquired renown as a |
poet All fools are p0ets-this the pre- |
feet feels; and he Is merely guilty Of q |
non Distribute medii in thence Infer |
ring that all poets are fools"
But Is this really the poetg' / asked /
There are two brothers ! know: and /
both have attained reputation In LETT /
terg. The minister ] believe. has writ |
ten learnedly on the differential call |
culus He IS a mathematician and no /
poet"
You are mistaken. I know him well. /
he Is both As poet and mathematician /
he would reason well. as mere mathe-
matiClan he could not have reasoned az /
all. and thus would have been al the
mercy OF the project"
You surprise me- / said "hy these
opinions. which have been contradicted /
by the voice OF the world You do not
mean 20 ser az naught the well-dlgested
idea OF centuries. The mathematical
reason has long been regarded as the
reason par excellence"
"'n y q a parier'" replied Dupln.
quoting from Chamfor. "'que toute
idee publique. toute convention recue.
est use sottise car ellie a convenue au
plus grand nombre.' The mathemati-
clans. ! grant you have done their best
10 promulgate the popular error TO
which you allude. auf which rs none
the less an error for It's PRONUNCIATION
as truth. With an art worthy a better
cause for example, they have insinu-
ated the term analysis into application
to algebra The French are the origin
ators OF this particular deception; but
II term Is Of any importance-if words
derive any value from applicability
then analysis conveys algebra about
as much as I'm Latin 'ambitus' implies
ambition relgio' religion. OF 'hom-
ines honesti, a set Of honorable men,
You have a quarrel on hand, ! see.
with some Of the algebralsts Of Paris;
but proceed"
Il mean 20 say" continued Dupin,
that II the minister had been no more
than a mathematician. the project
would have been under no necessity OF
giving up this cheque. I knew him.
howover, as both mathematician and
poet and my measures were ADAPTED 10