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It was known by his colleagues that he designed a book on the theory and practice of criminal investigations, and in many of his pocket-books, subsequently examined, were found memoranda and jottings, doubtless destined to be worked out at another time. It was clear that he had, for a few moments, drifted away from the Grey Room in thought when his death overtook him.
"I am afraid I cannot tell you anything about the investigations," replied the detective cautiously. "I am not in charge of the case, you know." "I understand," rejoined the other, with a nod. "Perhaps I should not have asked you. My anxiety must be my excuse." He uttered this apology so courteously and pleasantly that Caldew felt momentarily ashamed of his own rigidly official attitude.
When the thinkers of modern times, following Bacon, undervalue or disparage the speculations of ancient philosophers, they seem wholly to forget the conditions of the world and of the human mind, under which they carried on their investigations. When we accuse them of being under the influence of words, do we suppose that we are altogether free from this illusion?
"They were in that envelope," Katharine persisted. "I have never seen those papers before in my life." Brightman's face remained immovable. One by one he slipped the papers back into the envelope, thrust them into his breast pocket, and, turning round, locked the door. "You must forgive me if the rest of our investigations may seem unnecessarily severe, Miss Beverley," he said.
We put this and that together, carried out some investigations quietly, and arrived at a definite conclusion." "What investigations?" "In the field where the body was found first," West went on steadily, but no longer looking at her, "tracing the different tracks through the clover. Then I looked up that cottage in Arch Street, and thus learned about Hobart.
Thanks to the admirably conducted Investigations of the Coast-Survey, this part of our seaboard, formerly so dangerous on account of the Coral Reefs, is now better understood, and every precaution has been taken to insure the safety of vessels sailing along the coast of Florida.
"Thee is ready to consent," said his wife, "to keep young Osgood a while?" "I don't know yet," answered Peter. But after dinner he harnessed his horse and went to the dépôt for Osgood's valise, which he carried upstairs and deposited in the spare room. He then invited Osgood to take a look at the premises. He wished to make his own investigations in regard to Osgood without Maria's intervention.
I daresay if we investigated the house carefully we should find that there was some means of communication between the two; at least, that is the only explanation I can think of." "You've got it," Gurdon cried. "I'll wager any money, you are right. But I am sorry the man has vanished in this mysterious way, because it checks our investigations at the very outset.
We may observe, in passing, that there is naturally no proportion between the intrinsic importance of the subject and the amount of preliminary work which must be done before it can be treated: there are some subjects of the highest interest, for example the history of the origin and early development of Christianity, which could not be properly attacked till after the completion of investigations which occupied several generations of scholars; but the material criticism of the sources of the history of the French Revolution, another subject of the first rank, gave much less trouble; and there are comparatively unimportant problems in mediæval history which will not be solved till after an immense amount of external criticism shall have been performed.
Special excursions, investigations, or general observations casually or unexpectedly made by the pupils and teachers will be turned to literary use or historical record. The pupils will be given full opportunity to write out statements of facts they have discovered or to write stories or plays or poetry which are inspired by the subject matter they have gathered.
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