inner passages of the brain, there to repose until they are needed, there will be no room close at hand for things which the mind desires to lay hold of at short notice. The brain is like a chest of many drawers, which, if systematically packed, will hold much, and the contents may be readily found when wanted; but if thrown in indiscriminately, they will hold but little, and that little, being in confusion, will require considerable time for sorting before it can be of avail. System means much to the memory; therefore make use of Sequence whenever you desire to remember faces, figures, or thoughts. Arrange all things in proper order before putting them away in the charge of memory, and then as soon as you lay hold of one thing of the series, all the members will come forth in their proper order. It is impossible to overempha-
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