"Simple!" I ejaculated.
"Well, really, it bsp;hardly be described as otherwi," said Sherlobsp;Holmes, smiling at my surpri. "The proof of its intrinsibsp;simplicity is, that without any help save a few very ordinary dedus I was able to lay my hand upon the criminal within three days."
"That is true," said I.
"I have already explained to you that what is out of the on is usually a guide rather than a hindranbsp;In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backwards. That is a very uful aplishment, and a very easy one, but people do not prabsp;it mubsp;In the every-day affairs of life it is more uful to reason forwards, and so the other es to be ed. There are fifty who bsp;reason syically for one who bsp;reason analytically."
"I fess," said I, "that I do not quite follow you."
"I hardly expected that you would. Let me e if I bsp;make it clearer. Most people, if you describe a train of events to them, will tell you what the result would be. They bsp;put tho events together in their minds, and argue from them that something will e to pass. There are few people, however, who, if you told them a result, would be able to evolve from their own inner sciousness what the steps were whibsp;led up to that result. This power is what I mean when I talk of reasoning backwards, or analytically."
"Simple!" I ejaculated.
"Well, really, it bsp;hardly be described as otherwi," said Sherlobsp;Holmes, smiling at my surpri. "The proof of its intrinsibsp;simplicity is, that without any help save a few very ordinary dedus I was able to lay my hand upon the criminal within three days."
"That is true," said I.
"I have already explained to you that what is out of the on is usually a guide rather than a hindranbsp;In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backwards. That is a very uful aplishment, and a very easy one, but people do not prabsp;it mubsp;In the every-day affairs of life it is more uful to reason forwards, and so the other es to be ed. There are fifty who bsp;reason syically for one who bsp;reason analytically."
"I fess," said I, "that I do not quite follow you."
"I hardly expected that you would. Let me e if I bsp;make it clearer. Most people, if you describe a train of events to them, will tell you what the result would be. They bsp;put tho events together in their minds, and argue from them that something will e to pass. There are few people, however, who, if you told them a result, would be able to evolve from their own inner sciousness what the steps were whibsp;led up to that result. This power is what I mean when I talk of reasoning backwards, or analytically."