are developed, the stronger will be the power of thought.
Conception may be strengthened by comparing objects, noticing the difference between horses, dogs, houses, streets, fields, and men. If one would have a good memory, one must not walk about aimlessly, he must observe things, and the only way in which one can learn to conceive is by paying attention. You must look in order that you may see, because if your eye rests upon an object and your thought does not go with the eye, the object is not seen. Idiots roam from place to place, their gaze wanders from object to object, but because they lack the power of conception, they also lack that of memory. Therefore, if you would learn to control your thoughts, you must first learn how to give birth to them, and this can only be done by exercising the
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