Cleverness in detection of truth

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Cleverness in detection of truth.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Cleverness in the law court. · Cleverness in detection of truth. · view the constellation · filed as J1140

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9 finer motifs beneath it

Solomon able to detect truth without evidence of witnesses Confession obtained by a ruse Pseudo-scientific methods of detecting Thief detected by building straw fire so that smoke escapes through thief's entrance. The secret hole into the building is thus discovered and the thief caught Eaters of stolen food detected Detection through aid of animal Detection by strewing ashes (sand). Trespasser (lover, mistress, ghost, fairy, etc.) leaves footprints in the ashes Detection through feigned dream Miscellaneous means of detecting

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