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Attention
will, provided it has been sufficiently studied to make it known.
At this period of our work let us understand that the first requisite to a good memory is attention. Without this quality it is impossible for the mind to retain and reproduce what it has seen by the eye, ear, or any other sense. If one desires to remember matter that he reads, he should read intently, studying all the incidents and arranging them consecutively, looking more to the thought that is conveyed by the words than to the words themselves. For instance, Horace Mann, in his address on education, expresses himself thus:
From her earliest history, the policy of this country has been to develop the minds of all her people, and to imbue them with the principles of duty. To do this work most effectually, she has begun with the young. If she would continue to mount higher and higher toward the summit of prosperity, she must
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