that happy condition—the most favorable condition to high speed—when mind and hand shall work, as it were, automatically." Again, Mr. Andrew J. Graham has well said: "You should have settled forms for the more frequent and effective words." Such good advice as this coming from such sources is invaluable, and it should be a source of gratification to the Gregg writer and student to know that the system he uses is especially remarkable in its invariability of outline. There is only one way of writing a word in the Gregg, and this insures not only less hesitation—consequently speed—but legibility, which is of equal, if not of greater importance.
CARRYING WORDS AND SENTENCES IN THE MIND.
In taking dictation the student should train himself to carry in his mind as many words and sentences as possible. A spurt on the part of the dictator will sometimes carry him a dozen or more words ahead of the writer. These words must be carried in the mind, and written as quickly as possible. It will require practice to do this but everything comes to him who tries. When taking dictation at a rate of speed which is easily within your ability, it is well occasionally to fall behind a little way, so that you may train your mind to retain a whole sentence and then by recalling the sentence and writing rapidly you can catch up with the
