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Memory
matter that is written thereon. Other speakers use different colored sheets of paper instead of cards and associate the matter with the color of the paper.
The arrangement of letters or words often aids one in memorizing matter; as,
And this our life, exempt from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in every thing.[1]
The observant eye will note the t in tongues and trees, the b in books and brooks, and the s in sermons and stones. After these things have been perceived by the mind it will be a simple matter easily to memorize the passage and it will prove a pleasure to recall it at will.
- ↑ As You Like It, Act II, Scene I.
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