son died on the same day. How many Americans know the date of the death of these two famous men? By a simple process of reasoning, taking up but a moment's time, the fact can be placed on the tablet of the mind so that it can never be erased. They died on July 4, 1826, the semi-centennial of American independence. It is a simple matter to remember that they died on the anniversary of the birth of their country, thus fixing the day and month, and by calling the attention of the mind to the fact that the year of their death was the semicentennial of their country's birth, the year 1826 will become closely associated with the death of Adams and Jefferson. This, of course, requires some thought at the moment you desire to place the fact in the charge of memory, but after you have given it the necessary attention in order to
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