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Excerpt from Another's Crime: From the Diary of Inspector Byrnes
And there, at his desk, sits the Inspector, exam ining, weighing, deciding, investigating, advising, reproving, encouraging; cheerful or grave, as the case may be, even-tempered, firm, suave, stern, penetrating, impenetrable; the depository Of all secrets, the revealer of none; the man who IS never hurried, yet never behind-hand never idle, yet never weary; always patient, and always prompt. No position under the municipal govern ment requires more tact than his, more energy, more courage, more experience. He must be pli ant, yet immovable; subtle, yet straightforward; keen, yet blunt. He must know all the frailties of human nature, and yet be not too cynical to com prehend its goodness; he must be an advocate, and at the same time a judge. In short, he must be a chief of New York detectives; and, whatever else his Office may be, it is certainly no Sinecure.
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