men such as Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Wendell Phillips, Robert Y. Hayne, John C. Calhoun, and Stephen A. Douglas. Form one composed of the men who took different sides on the questions that brought about the war between the states and who fought to uphold their views during the war, and instantly the names of Lincoln, Grant, Davis, and Lee present themselves to the mind. Thus it will be seen that while these groups help one to remember the part played by each individual, the time of his career, the side he espoused, etc., it is absolutely essential that the information regarding the actors and the events must be obtained before the groups can be formed. This is analogous to the necessity of getting hold of the idea, laying hold of the thought, before attempting to memorize matter, and by the same processes of the
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