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HOW TO COMMIT TO MEMORY KNOWLEDGE BELONGING TO THE FIRST PHRENOTYPIC PROBLEM.
Suppose I had to commit to memory the following series of couples; i.e. I want to connect together the two notions belonging to each couple so strongly, that when one of them be given, the other might immediately spring up before the imagination.
paper | heaven |
tallow | knowledge |
beauty | mischief |
fire | life |
chalk | mathematics. |
&c., &c. |
I put these couples before the mind of one of my pupils, and the following took place:—As soon as paper and heaven were put, a globe jumped up before his imagination, which he related to me in the following words—
"A paper globe representing heaven."
After tallow and knowledge, enlightening rose before his imagination, which he related to me in the following words—
"Tallow burning enlightens, and so does knowledge."
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