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If you are acquainted with the words of any portion of a subject you have not any need to try to make them more familiar, but deal only with that portion of the subject to subject which you are not acquainted, and then associate the two familiars. Example:—

Water boils at 212 degrees.

That portion of the above example to which the majority of persons will perhaps be acquainted, is "Water boils "the part therefore with which you have to deal is that to which you may not be acquainted, viz: "212" translate the number into "W. B. L," which sounds like "W a b B L e," you can readily associate the two portions of the subject in your mind by thinking that "whenever Water boils, it always appears to Wabble, (the act of moving backwards and forwards). There are of course thousands of examples more or less analagous to the foregoing, that appertain either to business, Science, Art, or Literature that could be given, but, I think that sufficient has already been explained to enable the student to discern. how easily, and practically three principles of the Science may be used.


Although the three principles as previously shown, will apply advantageously to a great many subjects, nevertheless we must not omit to mention that we frequently desire to commit facts or events to memory,