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MINUTE MYSTERIES [Detectograms] BY H. A. RIPLEY WITH A FOREWORD BY LEWIS E. LAWES Warden of Sing Sing Prison BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1932 COPYRIGHT, 1932, BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCE THIS BOOK OR PARTS THEREOF IN ANY FORM The Riverside Press CAMBRIDGE · MASSACHUSETTS PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. TO MY MOTHER FOREWORD The solution of criminal mysteries constitutes one of the most absorbing, possibly the most intriguing forms of mental activity existent.
It calls for something more than mere cold intelligence and reasoning ability, requiring in addition native perception, intuition, and a natural understanding of human behavior under stress of emotion and passion.
Furthermore, some knowledge of pathological or abnormal behaviorism is a requisite.
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