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Quotation from Tales (Selection) by Edgar Allan Poe

“there is such a thing as being too profound. Truth is not always in a well.”

Edgar Allan Poe (spoken by C. Auguste Dupin)

Tales (Selection), The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Project Gutenberg Raven Edition text)

Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe

Dupin explains why the Prefect's method fails: he examines too closely and loses sight of the matter as a whole.

Citation: "there is such a thing as being too profound. Truth is not always in a well." — Edgar Allan Poe, Tales (Selection), The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Project Gutenberg Raven Edition text). (id poe-tales-q2)

Virtues: Prudence

Portrait: Edgar Allan Poe, circa 1849, restored, squared off, Unknown author Unknown author ; Restored by Yann Forget and Adam Cuerden, Public domain.

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