Edgar Allan Poe

"As the strong man exults in his physical ability, delighting in such exercises as call his muscles into action, so glories the analyst in that moral activity which disentangles."

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Source: 1841 Of detective work.'TheMurders in the Rue Morgue', in the Gentleman's Magazine, Apr.

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

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Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer known for his macabre tales and poetry, particularly 'The Raven' and 'The Tell-Tale Heart.'

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"I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom."

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