THE NEW
Art of Memory.
Introduction.
Memory, in the sense in which it is to be understood in the present work, (for it is not employed always in the same precise sense) cannot, perhaps, be better defined than in the words of Mr. Dugald Stewart, "It is that faculty which enables us to treasure up, and preserve for future use, the knowledge we acquire; a faculty (he adds) which is obviously the great foundation of all intellectual improvement, and without which, no advantage could be derived from the most enlarged experience."
With the various metaphysical theories concerning Memory which have been advanced by different philosophers, we shall not pretend to meddle; as such an investigation would not much assist our present purposes. Whatever may be the relation in which Memory stands to the other principles of our constitution, it is
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