ABSTRACT
In Murders in the Rue Morgue, Edgar Allan Poe reminds us that
there is such a thing as being too profound. Truth is not always in a well. In fact, as regards the more important knowledge, I do believe that she is invariably superficial … To look at a star by glances – to view it in a side-long view, by turning toward it the exterior portions of the retina (more susceptible of feeble impressions of light than the interior), is to behold the star distinctly – is to have the best appreciation of its lustre – a lustre which grows dim just in proportion as we turn our vision fully upon it. 1
