This hovering over a thought should be practiced faithfully. When a name is heard for the first time, it should be repeatedly mentally, and wherever it can be done with propriety, it should be repeated orally. On being presented to a stranger, it is a good plan to repeat the name after the introducer, and then to take an instantaneous mental picture of the features of the person, at the same time associating the face and the name. During the conversation, make an opportunity to speak the name in addressing the party, and if these suggestions are followed, there should be no difficulty experienced in recalling both name and face. Look closely at matter that you read, gaze through the words upon the thought, weigh it, consider it carefully, lay hold of it and place it in the storehouse of memory, there to repose until you desire
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