How to Improve the Memory
memorize parrot fashion, because too great an amount of labor is entailed in such a process of learning, and the knowledge so secured cannot long be retained. Memorize by facts, by thoroughly knowing events, men, or things; grasp the meaning of words; seek for the thought, the idea, the soul of the written or spoken matter; and after the facts are understood, the events, men, or things comprehended, the meaning of words perceived, and the thought grasped, they may be deposited in the chambers of the memory with the assurance that they will slumber there until they are needed, and that whenever they are summoned they will instantly report for duty.
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