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2. hardware
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Perfect
Memory
A
A
How
Perfect
to
Memory
and
Have
Keep
By
Marvin
Dana,
M.A., LL.B.,
Ph.D., F.R.G.S.
New
Edward
etc.
York
J.
Clode
It
COPYRIGHT,
I917,
EDWARD
PRINTED
IN
THE
J.
UNITED
BY
CLODE
STATES
OF
AMERICA
Contents
PAGE
7
Introductory
PART
I
^^
\i2J
^Concentration
PART
II
S3
^Visualization
PART
The
^3
Concrete
PART
'The
III
Association
of
^9
Ideas
PART
Memorizing
82
the
of
94
0
Names
and
of
.
117
.
VIII
|i30j
Faces
PART
f
Treservation
VII
Dates
PART
Concerning
VI
Abstract
PART
Concerning
V
List
a
PART
Avoidance
IV
IX
Knowledge
I37
[
5
]
Perfect
A
How
Memory
and
Have
to
It
Keep
Introductory
the
humble
not
only
turn,
by
the
that
also
has
received
once
the
that
on
the
evidence
of
part
of
memory
animal
clear
memory
"
or
in
is present
forms.
.
is all the
crawl
"
None
.
.
that
one
the
of
Probably,
creature
needs
it
Here,
that
the
claims
mentality
great
earth-burrower;
the
refuse
in which
fact
the
suggests
it makes
and
hole
memory.
a
possesses
a
will
but
electric shock.
an
then, is demonstration
worm
promised
as
away,
enter
to
will
worm
proverb,
turn
learned
has
of science
MAN
theless,
never-
faculty
the
this
of
lowest
sort
of
in its walk
of life.
[7]
Perfect
A
Such
is
sort
by
Memory
no
sufficient for
means
of Hving
beings under the stress
conditions today. Unfortunately,many
a
human
man,
some
have
the
They,
too, need
that
angleworm
the
while
children,
no
memory,
more.
ity
by electric-
things. The
difference is
is
worm
few
a
be clubbed
to
remember
to
and
women,
probablydoingthe
the human
best
is
doing its
One of our
worst.
ancestors, swinging by
of a cocoathe tail from the loftybranch
it
can,
tre6, had
nut
of
much
that he
no
being
occasion
to
remember
vital fact
anything beyond the single
loosen the
inadvertently
tury,
grip of his caudal appendage. In this cenhowever, if we wish to hold our place,
need to use
we
grips all we have.
many
And, of these, the chief are the grips of
For mind
is master
today, and
memory.
is the fightingforce of mind, its
memory
horse,foot and dragoons,its Dreadnoughts,
aeroplane scouts, and all else. Will is
must
not
"
the
commander-in-chief;
is energy.
[8]
the
commissariat
Shrewdness, alias perceptivity,
Introductory
But
of strategy.
board
is the
the
ablest
brilliant board of strategy,
the most
general,
the amplest commissariat, are
powerless
mind
Thus
the troops.
without
helpless,
without
memory.
days of old
In
jest, anent
mind
and
a
wit made
ceaseless
the
metaphysical
arguments
is matter?
What
is mind?
mind.
Never
No
matter.
doctrine,that is worth
For
over
matter.
What
it is pretty
practice,
poor
regard mind and
same
thing. Back
better
the
a
a
stuff.
matter
smile; for
We
as
of both
would
one
and
is the ultimate
which, as Haeckel
mystery,
says,
elude the researches of all science.
ever
must
Yet, this side of the mystery, we find the
in harmony
preciselaws that are essentially
for the whole constitution of man,
for body,
mind and soul. Physicalculture has taught
us
as
familiar truth
anything with
of it.
a
The
Samson;
the
that
one
can
do almost
body by right training
puling valetudinarian
the
\
becomes
waddling,puffingfeminine
[9]
Perfect
A
shrinks
grampus
put
to
they
variants
the
from
attachments
paddings and
will
at
did, in
once
sylph. The
a
take off
anatomical
other
as
and
on
Memory
the
ladies
hips,busts, and
of
fashion;
not
guise of mysterious
manufacturers
straitjackets,but
of
from
the
which manifests
style,
in rollings,bantings, diets, ground and
lofty tumblings, calisthenics of high and
know
low
how
build
to
a
degree. We
biceps. We know how to pare down hips
as
a
surely as a chiropodistpares down
fierce resolve
For
corn.
to
lose the
The
as
be in
to
that matter,
corn
buildingof brain-cells
sure
as
biceps. I do not press
of the
the paring down
brain
require
to
simple truth
normal
person
for memory.
as
inattentive
[lo]
few of
that
the
of the
matter
building of a
the analogy as to
lent
hips,for the excelhave superfluous
us
The
paring.
the
"
matter
excellent
If it
seem
poor,
is
.
is that
an
what
dist.
chiropo-
is a
has
to
how
now
first losingthe
"
simple and
reason
know
we
going
.
every
capacity
inefficient,
on
round
Introductory
about
as
novel
a
boy reading a dime
messenger
he
loiters
the memory
is not
while
his way,
on
it is because
given a fair chance.
Every time, it is the fault of the
owner,
The
needs
jof the memory.
memory
exercise,training,just as does the hollow
not
It will
chest.
to treatment,
respond gratefully
ing.
surelyas the lungsto deep breath-
as
And
the
swifter,subtler,far
Force
^
of
response
mind
the
is
splendid.
more
is the mystery
back
of
everything,
the law of force
cunninglydefined. But
is plain. The use of energy
bringsenergy.
Force
whither
it is
unsolvable,however
dammed
current
a
dead
tends
expended.
that
thing. The
flows
tongue
darts
as
a
Of
course,
strain,which
of the
always,the
Spencer multiply from
flow
means
of force.
there
comes
bemost
energy
of the shrew
incessantly,unfatigued; the
cells of
moment.
The
is the
muscle
:
its need.
It
stagnant,
grows
stressed swells strongest
to
flow increasingly
to
brain-
moment
is such
to
thing
disaster,a checking
But
our
a
bodies
are
[ii]
A
equipped
from
Perfect
Memory
warning wires to guard us
and
well, there is small
with
excess,
"
danger of mental
strain
for
of
most
us.
injuresit.
Legitimateuse of the mind never
Worry, and the whole tribe of blue devils
ever
are
thingsapart. They have nothing whatdo
to
with
their relation
spawn
of
mind's
the
to
its abuse.
folly and
whatever
use,
They
fear, which
the
are
influence
thought because a weak will so permits.
The
most
profound labor of the greatest
minds
in
But
maniac.
lunatics.
organ:
history has
Bedlams
The
fatten
is often
heart
the brain
is
always
perilof extravagance
no
of mental
processes.
made
yet
never
a
love-sick
on
dangerous
a
safe.
There
is
in the
employment
Instead, there is a
ever-growing delight. The
of the mind, the greater
greater the activity
constant
and
the flow of energy
a
to
it. The
trouble
myriad brain-fields lie fallow.
be
plowed and
harrowed
and
is that
They
sown
must
with
produce of their abundance.
Let the husbandman. Will, give them
care,
[12]
various seeds
to
Introductory
Every
they will put forth the harvest.
of the body should be the servant
member
of the man,
subject to his will absolutely.
and
That
well
as
the
means
of the
as
absurdityin
of the
movements
legs. There
is
brain,
pathetic
a
ordinary complaintsheard
individual
from various persons againstsome
lack.
Such
would
be
the
repiningsare
no
justthan
more
plaintsover pangs of thirst from
at his
one
who, with the draught of water
lips,refused the act of will by which to set
in
The
of
go
will should
the
body.
their way
truth.
When
wretched
he does
muscles
the
movement
in
be
the
throat.
of the mind,
master
Yet, countless
a
mourns
person
he
know
how
merely
to
use
stroked
cat
over
So, then, if you
the
over
admits
a
that
his supreme
glory,the mind.j It is there, ready
anxious to work, ready,indeed, to purr
a
as
individuals
melancholy ignoranceof
memory,
not
of
and
like
the least attention.
of the
neglectful,
bestir yourself;pet that mentality of yours
it. When
need be,discipline
a bit,
caress
it,
[13]
are
one
Perfect
A
Take
well.
as
as
it is
that
Learn
this
.
.
.
Memory
simply
to
use
than
please, rather
you
of memory.
matter
brain
your
sit
to
supine
of things. When
forgetting
that function of
authority over
in sodden
have
brain, you
will have
lies the whole
And
"
.
secret
mental
.
growth
in
power
the
full
far toward
gone
In
mind.
of your
mastery
you
that
mastery
of intellectual
growth.
growth, today, means
fellows,
your
among
peculiarsphere of activities
in the pulpit;
in the market-place, or
in the prize-ring;on
the
the stage or
whether
be
on
farm,
your
or
on
the
in
trail,
art
or
in commerce,
statesmanship or in finance
of the heart, the
matters
in
in
brain, the better.
end
of
brain
the
of the
memory
And
is memory
the
even
bigger the
beginning and
the
but
fossil,
yes,
"
"
not
the
livingmemory,
tomorrow,
yesterday, today and
of the will,
to
gather up all the offerings
store
them, arrange them in their order,hold
ready
them
alert
commands.
[14]
to
answer
A
memory
again
of
when
that
the
sort
will
is
Introductory
vital
prosperity,vital
to
of life. It
means
a
the
to
mind
in the
of its vigor,growing,serene,
to
every
the respect of
which
whereon
content
a
to
is
mind
that
compels
is of
the full one's
the
plenitude
petent
energized,com-
others,and, what
worth, maintains
respect,
task;
enjoyment
own
deeper
self-
foundation-stone
is builded.
[is]
Part
I
Concentration
SYCHOLOGY
is
able,
even
sensical
in
its
the
concerning
subUminal,
of the farcical.
It
is
experience
consciousness,
The
But
is
There,
that
Ci6]
be
to
never
is that
retained
it
subliminal
is
of memory.
the
forgotten.
a
imps
the
always
mind
things
is
and
of
subliminal
these
in
verge
all details
J There
weep,
of
mind,
the
to
matter
in
the
researches
that
stored
angels
Everything
mind.
in the
remembered!
make
in
of
subconscious
claimed
trouble
only
be
to
\So,
are
Some
name.
the
non"
exploited
are
extravagant
are
currently
sometimes
ideas
vagaries
theorists
fascinatin
a
science, but
estim-
an
.
.
not
can-
paradox
to
grin.
subliminal
in
is
"
memory.
below
the
Perfect
A
sometime
of the occult maintain
Students
that it is
subconscious, and
possibleto
of the
experienceout
recall every
the
drown.
to
come
we
Memory
to
even
limbo
follow
of
back
carnati
personalityinto preceding inBut the process
is confessedly
long and tedious, and really requires a
isolation in some
few-score-years
Himalayan
one^s
own
to
would
which
monastery,
of us, however
many
is none
offer the
number
they had
testimony
in itself.
proof of the
always
not
are
tention
con-
who
factory
satis-
I have
statements.
of individuals
met
declared
who
that
dragged recollections of previous
incarnations
of their subliminal
out
Four
present
inconvenience
convincing. Those
too
in their
an
desirable
in
Besides, the evidence
a
be
time
of these
informed
"
all alive
"
me,
sciousness.
con-
at
with
ingenuous
Cleopatra.
pride, that they had been
I might add, from a critical observation
the
quartette, that
nothing
was
when
divided
[r8]
to
by
go
the
mad
four.
the
of
Egyptian's beauty
over
"
anyhow,
Concentration
leave the subconscious
\^o, we
for
our
of
to
us, since
in
treasures
and
Herod
on
But
they
forth
at
subconscious
the
will.
instant
memory
.
.
What
such
bring
we
requireis
for the
a
concerns
the
memory,
.
are
cannot
we
in action
For
of life.
find them.
cannot
we
equally valueless,since
them
the
as
built
temples successively
Moriah, still lie buried.
useless
Our
used
were
Zerubbabel
Solomon,
are
Gold, which
of the
furniture
Mount
The
Covenant, the Tables of the Law,
the Tablets
by
of efficient memory.
purpose
of the
Ark
unsuited
as
first
nary
requirement is concentration,and an ordioffers the simplest
photographic camera
illustration whereby to apprehend the
in which the facultyof such memory
manner
functions.
general principleof
folk.
understood
by most
The
trouble
involved
or
ourselves
we
the
in the effect of
the processes
than
over
need
of
the
We
development,
concern
need
chemical
lighton
ourselves
is
camera
not
action
the
plate,
any
more
with
[19]
the
A
Perfect
preciseconstitution
brain-cells.
consider
in its
Memory
and
metabolism
It is enough for
our
of the
purpose
of the
merely the mechanics
to
camera
simplestphase.
In the
taking of
a
photograph, a sensitive
into
the
plate is introduced
Hitherto, the prepared glass or
camera.
film
has
carefullyprotegted in such wise that
no
slighte.st
ray of lightcould fall upon
any
cipient
portion of its surface. This sensitized reis of a sort corresponding in some
been
to
measure
those
It
the
brain-tissues
impressionswhich
must
be borne
we
in mind
term
that
receive
memory.
that the
camera
protected from the intrusion of
strictly
the tiniest ray of light. Such
protection,
after the settingof the plate,is absolutely
essential to the successful photographing
of any scene.
Ultimately,when the camera
has been duly adjusted in such a position
command
the requiredobjects to be
to
as
is removed
photographed, the protectingcover
from
the lens. Through that one
point only is lightallowed to fall upon the
[203
is
Concentration
plate. By
sensitive
of
reason
this
fact,
plateis subjectedto the action of the
actinic rays emanating from the objectsto
be photographed,while all other radiance
kind
is rigorouslybarred
of every
out.
receives only
The
plate, in consequence,
the
those
So
others.
of the
We
of radiant
vibrations
...
with which
camera
need
only one
simple
to
other
consider
is the
we
are
and
no
operation
concerned.
in this connection
requirement as vital
of illustration.
purpose
energy,
For
the
to
our
making
of
be trained
must
photograph,the camera
Otherwise, there
on
something concrete.
could be no successful picture. There must
definite object in the perspective,
be some
definite photograph.
there will be no
or
There can
be no significant
photograph of a
clear blue sky, without
ship,
clouds, birds, aira
or
horizon
line.
There
can
be
no
revealingpicture of a motionless bulk of
the inert
containing nought save
water,
liquid. Instead, must
fishes,or
appear
shore line,or reflections in the depths, or
[21]
A
Perfect
Memory
of wave-crests,
the spray
of
or
ripples
thing
some-
"
individuahty.Else, the
than a
photograph will show nothing more
of surface,which might
monotonous
expanse
be anything,or nothing
bear in mind
the operation
we
If, now,
of the
shall
concrete
have
simple guide
a
of the
must
its successful
in
camera
operate
work,
for the
in which
manner
for the
successful
would
remember
we
standing
under-
the
brain
storingof
memories.
f^/
When
one
anything,
give his whole attention to that
particularthing for an appreciablelength
he
must
This
of time.
period
of
concentration
short; often, it need
tiniest fraction
be
of
born
^me
with
natural
[22]
the
no
few
long
But
it endures.
it
The
to
or
the
than
more
is in the failure
persons
'
be
be
may
second.
a
while
absolute
most
of
The
concentration.
means
must
error
trate.
concen-
individuals,indeed, seem
power
possessionin
of concentration
its
as
a
perfection. But,
Concentration
in the
majority of instances,the faculty
vast
of attention
must
At whatever
pains,the
Ithis
of
training in
vital
fibers
The
student
the
acquire /
Again, the 1
must
is
by
premiere danseuse
to
years
are
exercises.
of the
her bent-down
ballet
jugglerin
his garret before
skill with
balanced
that
weekly on
of all eyes
over
for the
Tedious
the
nots
what-
of dollars
he is the cynosure
with
which
he
umphs
tri-
of equiseeming impossibilities
libratio
in
our
the progress
toil is
like wearisome
task
the results of mental
and
ease
can
acquiresthe
his hundreds
the stage, where
Luckily, the
demanded
she
ere
billiard balls and
bringshim
must
practiceof
he
|
muscles
and
toes.
for the
necessary
mind
the
constant
strengthenjointsand tendons
through countless racking hours
flit airily
on
The
of the athlete's
development
sinews
and
applies.
concentration
the
as
muscular
art.
an
as
abilityof concentration,/
analogy
as
cultivated
be
^
of
concentration,for
trainingare
itself is
not
one
immediate,
long series of
[23 ]
A
to
conquests
Perfect
afford
truth, since
inventor
supreme
indomitable
be
he
discovers
alone
I
concentration
to
^
By
overcome.
the
his
the obstacles
on
that
concentration,
which
In
power
clue
this
to
the
that
drunkard
been
truths
of
for conquest
he has
of
himself.
concentration
find
we
cities
eccentri-
many
puzzling on the part
genius. Thus, the sublime
Hohenheim, as Paracelsus has
far in advance
days and
[24]
the
over
seem
called,whose
to
set
explanationof
may
of
men
to
way
brain
\ subjectto
of
prime
such, but,
victory. Every
thinker in any
line of thought has
of concentration, by which
mastery
he is able to employ all the powers
within
a
is the
only in memory
as
all important brain work.
The
who
triumphs over
problems of
does it by a persistent,
difficulty
also, in
this
concentration
not
secret,
great
delight. The agreeable
exercise is fortunate,in
us
of the
nature
Memory
toil in
researches
of his age,
his
nightswithout
touched
was
on
tomed
accus-
laboratory through
cessation,without
Perfect
A
made
being
to
Memory
concentrate
the
on
given
subject,the result in the brain will
blurred image
just as in the camera
leak of light into the interior from
point other than through the lens must
be
a
a
"
any
ruin
negative.
the
As
of
matter
a
fact,most
fail to
persons
give particularattention to the thingsthey
to remember, and, therefore,
mean
they are
lection.
recolordinarilyquite incapable of exact
/|Yet,such persons invariablylay
'
blame
the
The
thing
is a_gppi_5;vdU."^p^^ rather, a
blame
to
will not
duly exercised,which permits the
on
a
poor
memory.
"
^.
is
I he
I
to
person
some
think
making
definite
a
of
haphazard things when
effort
supposititious
object in
Just here, it
is well
memory.
difference that exists between
and
absent-mindedness,
confounded
The
That
is
[26]
which
the
vital
concentration
times
often-
are
observer.
superficial
absent-minded
thing, while
one
by
fix
.^.^..--^
realize the
to
to
thinking
person
of
something impossibleto
does
another.
perfect
Concentration
purely automatic
concentration, though
action
thought
on
might sit
and
shot
of
between
lines
battle
two
hurtlingall about,
the
roar
ear-drums
his
crashing against
with
raging surf against a stricken shore,
a
frantic
with
all,he
ing
squadrons shakhim; and, through
of
hooves
earth
the
it
some
shell
battle
like
degree of intensityof
unrelated
subjects. A mystic
permit
beneath
in
absorbed
remain
might
condite
re-
speculations concerning things
the
to
spiritual,
inferno
of the
would
round
serenityof
sublime
be
recommended
concentration
has
of
the
the
mar
his meditation.
achieve, and
for
realization
no
would
about
concentration
sort, difficult to
taint
that
extent
That
thorough
hardly
to
practicalpurposes;
be
but
and
simple, without
of absent-mindedness,since the mystic
no
part
pure
play in
to
troops.
suited
of his
alarum
to
his
theme,
of
He
the
rests
struggleof the
in the
thought, and,
muses
arms.
in peace
The
in the
amid
posing
op-
immobility
absorption
the
absent-minded
worst
man,
[27]
A
on
to
is he
the contrary,
undirected
whose
invented
who
professor,
made
He
a
of
height of
balloon
testing his
three thousand
jumped
about
descended
out
a
a
the
of
At
his
the
over
into
fact
a
some
original
of the
edge
He
space.
had
yards,with
thousand
consciousness
pose
pur-
yards, under
increasingspeed characteristic
bodies, when
parachute.
contrivance.
he clambered
intention,
and
bling,
ram-
go
for the
ascension
hazy impulse engendered
car,
wits
by will" go wool-gathering,
manian
Roua
phrase. There was
old
the
use
Memory
Perfect
of
the
falling
mused
penetrated his be-
that
things were
not
In an instant
be.
as they should
altogether
of illumination,
he almost remembered
his
having failed
mistake
in
with
parachute.
the
"Dear
made
"I've
a
he
very
messy
forgottenmy
of
Most
extent
me!"
"
are
exclaimed,justbefore
dent
us
in
the
he
earth.
umbrella!"
absent-minded
though, happily
on
[28]
us
equip himself
to
for support,
for
not
to
some
those
quite in
pendent
de-
the
71
Concentration
the
professor.None
of the
fashion
gruesome
often,and it is a
share his fault
less,we
thing to be guarded against scrupulously
by those eager for the perfect memory.
instance of a lack
Perhaps, the commonest
of concentration that is reallynothing other
than
with
the
remembering the names
in business.
either socially
or
met
average
connection
of
matter
of persons
The
is in
absent-mindedness
when
person,
stranger, looks
the
at
new
introduced
to
face with
some
a
tion
gives a merely mechanical attencuriosity,
to the name,
if,indeed,he notice it at
all,exchangesa few
words, and passes
Ordinarily,the
holds
over
or
to
on
appearance
less perfunctory
another
the kindliness of
one
meeting.
of the stranger
of interest.
measure
some
more
We
smile
face,grin at the
grotesqueness of another, respect a third,
and detest a fourth,and by so much
our
attention
is held
the strangers.
inasmuch
as
the forms
Another
the vision
and
factor is
faces of
involved,
automatically,
registers
usual thing,its impressions
the
on
[29]
as
a
to
r
Perfect
A
brain
As
during
the
to
the
time
distinct
the
is
name
blamed.
good
victim
to
all and
/
Let
1
is
memory
forgetfulness
is
a
everybody
narily,
Ordi-
apparentlyjustified
only apparently,in
the
I have
which
is not
poor
Nearly
claim
facts; but
manner
rarely
foolish assertion.
this rather
the
A
of such
names.
too, the
by
is
sundry that he has
for faces, but a wretched
for
makes
it continues.
out
heed, withparticular
will.
So, inevitably,
forgotten.
memory
memory
of
act
The
announces
while
however, there
name,
anything to command
a
Memory
suggested. Memory
rather,the neglectof it.
at
fault
us
consider the
"
matter
somewhat
more
,
(
in detail.
The
prime
I
a
t i
lies,
as
name
stranger's
fin the fact that
I
/tothe
\
There
but
V
^
may
there
intent
ing
it is
be
is
a
no
spoken
mechanical
actual
else in all the universe
C30]
'
remember
pointedout,
heed
is
given
in introduction.
mouthing
of
it,
concentration, the
thinkingof justthat
"
to
I have
no
practically
as
name
of failure
cause
and
name
for
a
noth-
second
or
Concentration
two
is
camera
a
needs
it
"
should
there
be
clear for
thought
an
the
at
sources
when
the name,
be
whatsoever
except
of the stranger.
but
absolute,concentration
even
witnessed
by
of
matter
always
survey
of
the
the
other
the
introduction,
and
a
fact
faces, there
rest
on
is
given to the
In
making
of
acknowledgment
eyes
is
that, in the
real attention
casual
most
and
certainty. The
features.
stranger's
a
name
swiftest concentration
a
on
brief,
the
remembering
almost
this
made, the
with
be remembered
that focused
Were
name
effect of
when
moment
only the photographing of
the recipient's
brain should
appreciableinterval of all
the
would
mental
receivingvibrations of lightfrom
other
dozen
longer. The
no
the
an
face,
new
study the details of it mechanically,
thus
they become
mental
While
they
the
are
the
picture, more
eyes
are
thus
of
means
or
fixed
less
on
actuallyholding their
on
it from
even
physiologically,
the
when
nature
making
precise.
the face,
centrated
con-
gaze
of the
the mind
case
of the
[31]
A
is
observer
Perfect
Memory
givingespecia]regard to the
fact.
Consequently, there is an automatic
and effective action, by which
the face is
not
photographed with some
degree of definitethe brain, though the will does not
on
ness
direct the operation.
specifically
.
hear
we
well-nigh universal lament:
I remember
faces; but I have a
for names.^*
memory
In the
of
case
faces,there is
least the
at
involuntary concentration; in the
the
names,
there
As
of names,
be
must
there
to
is
will
no
say,
snare
a
favor
exact
and
store
in memory.
of
*be,no
the
memory;
and
memory,
a
of
mon
com-
of all the multitudinous
concentration
can
of
esoteric.
so
would
be,
case
concentration,neither
no
garden, nor
objectswe
in
probabilitiesare
being
or
So,
"
the
^^Oh, yes,
poor
.
delusion.
There
mind,
that
aught
There
is
or
is
other
never
in remembering those things that
difficulty
have
been
of vital
of supreme
is
remembered
[32]
ment
importance. The mobliss,
peril,or supreme
with
unswerving fidelity
A
through
Perfect
entire
an
Memory
learn the facts
to
of
evening
forth
set
of
history. I have seen
despite arduous,
attempt,
page
strivinguntil
The
trouble
thoughts
he
was
a
deavor
en-
single
fail in the
conscientious
that
he could
toil.
the
by
out
worn
task.
on
him
was
the
to
honest
his
hold
not
his
Always,
wits
tledore
a-wandering.1 His brain played batand shuttlecock,but the feathered
were
ball of his
fancy was
changing. His
ever
ideas
rioted
futile
of lucubrations,
ring-around-the-rosy
in which
the
staringeyes
history but
the
ideas
it
will.
the
by
a
To
ideas.
small
fact
the whole
to
The
hard!
[34]
avail!
tried
.
"
was
on
which
only occasionally
rarely. Time
far without
He
statement
a
and
again,
driven toward
impingement
spasmodic, lethargiceffort of
historical
remote,
so
were
of tag,
game
orbit of his ideas included
The
center.
the
on
endless
an
historical
the
held
he
in
lay
the
most
that
the
most
of
cosmos
"
part,
infinitely
remote,
study
.
affair was
For
he
rotating
tried,oh,
pathetic part
he deemed
of
himself
Concentration
reallystudious,while
hard,
VThe
that
a
the
fact, he
it
gave
The
to
they would
was
double
not
even
the
' That
is
of the
haphazard by
Occasionally, he
the
at
drink.
not
that of the
them,
Alas,
lead
to
to
failure
his
proverb,for
drink.
them
reins of the
Jlers of learning,
whereof
w
lead his horses
less make
of
remainder
strivingto check
back
^cond
being borne
was
run-aways,
a
half-minute.
wild-flying fancies.
aroused
himself to drag
them
history; whereas,
perhaps
of every
out
he
of
page
liberal estimate.
time,
fully
fear-
"
tration,
lay in his lack of concenhe never
lieved
guessed. He bewas
steadfastlyapplying
he
to
attention
did
He
he could
the water,
much
In those
...
I had
k
not
n:
methods,
dunce
,
learned
and
I
to
is one
discriminate
cheerfullydeemed
he declared
ft?
There
fact
fault
whole
himself
the
if at all.
which
in
''hard/'
learned
he
that
lamented
he
way,
days,
concerning
him
the ^|
himself.
and
one
only, in which/
[35]
|
^
A
Perfect
Memory
|to develop concentration, to master
/Tliat is by intelligent
practisQ^
it. ;
^^,j
'"gr**'**'*"
a
hold
Try
to
fixed
periodof
The
tious.
topicof thought
time.
Do
Be
acute.
the
at
outset
pride permit.
your
of
find the time-limit
your
be
not
discouragementof
more
minute,
chosen
a
You
Observe
with
will
into
absolute
control
the
beyond
it
the
outside
obtrusion
no
ideas
this
is difficult.
mind
exercise,no
are
Such
brain.
the
There
profoundly valuable.
help from another; no books, no
itus,for
scientiously.
con-
utmost
Also, it is interesting,*^
profoundly
more
a
probably
try
with
allowed
of
comes
failure be-
sixtyseconds
no
^
less, perhaps, if
"
scrupulosity that
1
ambi-
too
content
first. But
at
powers
for
so,
needs
appara-
time
set
and
even,
^
jjust
your
brain
Igether.Any
The
few
and
coming
of another
rnent;
the
of
wait
person
interval
fSelecta subject,then
[36]
will,tiltingto-
of leisure will
moment
minutes
your
for
for
before
strive
a
serve.
car;
the
appointfallingasleep/
an
to
hold
it
as
Concentration
the
of
center
minute, without
from
it
as
thought for the full
allowing it to be driven
your
its placeby any other interest. Hold
in the center
of your
mental
sun
a
Other
universe.
it, will
ideas, ideas sympathetic
about
it, as planets
about their orb of light; but they must
If the eclipse
it for a second.
never
eclipse
just tightenthe will a bit, and try
come,
Do not expect the idea to hold
again.
in the mind.
itself solitary
There can
be
no
stagnationin the brain. But make the
of the mind^s
theme of thought the center
with all else loyalsubjects,marshaled
activity,
in allegiancg^^Theinstant another
idea crowds upon
the throne, the test has
the concentration
is at an end.
It
failed,
with
.
.
may
have
only. No
is that
your
rotate
.
lasted for
The
matter.
it should
ten
have
seconds,for five
important thing
lasted
that
conscicftis directionjj
should have chosen
all under
at
will
your
topicfor thought,and
have held it exclusively
in the mind
for
an
appreciablelength of time.
\And
a
.
.
.
[37]
I
A
Perfect
Concentration
this:
ponder
Memory
it builds brain-cells. J And
.
\
efficiency.And
I name
of
At
in
beginning of
a
the part of
the
birth-
training,
by
subject that
without
much
mental
more
labor
to
as
period of
if you
processes;
the
in
held
you
of your
center
instant
be
time
know
for
love, you
will
a
selected
If you
find
no
of
fact that
the
will render
preserve
affection.
your
it
is the
Your
thoughts
[38]
of
a
of the
this
very
feelingsare deeply engaged
almost
impossiblefor you to
that watch
that
But
an
happen to
in
difficulty
maintaining uninterrupted thought
object
a
topic
thought, without
of intermission.
on
scrutinize
definitely,
concisely,accurately,that
set
all
It is quiteenough
reallylearn
if you
,
is attractive
naturallybe
too
supinewill.
a
outset
own
the
this will
since
itself,
your
mental
.".^
choose
the
it makes
efficiencyis
easilyretained
at
mind;
success.
the
means
makes
over
your
mental
tions
opera-
centration.
prime requisiteof conemotion
might inject
rival,to
the
total exclusion
Concentration
momentarily of
wiser
take
to
loved
the
theme
a
It
one.
is
that
were
especially-
that is not heart-thrilling
agreeable,
yet one
A pleasant incident out of the past will answer
the purpose
excellently.Let the mind
the event
as
reenact
vividly as possible.
that
no
Observe, always, watchfulness
the
thought of unrelated thingscomes
upon
will
such
When
scene.
as
even
glance at
you
the time-limit
Do
at
be
not
first you
going
from
the
.
of your
fact that
is
the minute
and
have
begun
that,
a
going
comfort
beginning
in the
on
being. After
and
second
concentration
topic,almost
at
foreign will
seek
reason
Take
are
of your
noted
struggle
constant
a
you
have
of the
note
concentration.
brain.
your
important part
center
to
discouraged by the fact that
just what
chosen
situation,
watch
your
will find
in
on
observe
hold of the
take another
must
the
stranger appears,
mind.
wise
once
to
There
and
to
most
you
exactly,
on
the
gether
thought altocrowd
is
a
to
reason
the
for
beneficent, but
[39]
Perfect
A
from
apart
present
our
It is the
keep ward
instant
to
not
vigilantly,
drive
topic as
a
back
outside
of
circle.
the charmed
important thing
should
be
They
aloof
of these
unrelated
Look
.
time
Have
no
at
feel
need
you
the
beyond
is that
they
advance.
to
ideas reaches
at
watch
your
elapsed. It
first
rigorously
the
"
is thus
one
center
then.
will be
of hours
broken.
Note
continue
to
the
matter
a
afterward.
anxiety if the periodsof
concentration
[403
swarm
You
ever
concentration
that has
of seconds
must
the chosen
thought, it eclipses
topic. The
.
that
In that instant when
the will.
of the mind's
.
being
to
constantly be held
must
by
allowed
all
the fact that
pale. The
not
time
of their presence
conscious
are
which
the
ideas
discouragement from
no
selected
connection
unrelated
an
of the
enemies
pivot, around
radii
The
center.
such
operationsfor
with
rotate,
to
ceasing for
steadfastly the
central
mental
your
of investigation.
purpose
province of the will
Maintain
task.
Memory
ful
success-
be very
short
Perfect
A
Memory
nose.
stranger's
^'^memoryfor faces, and
I
the
.
But
miserable
a
short,
the
of your
whether
will know
spoken
detail,you
or
concerning failure
;
\
/
V^'My
things
none
for
learned
to
According
come
or
to
will
you
this
to
this
not.
statement
of memory:
splendid. I insult
is
memory
In
thoughts a little,
you
not
you paid attention
name.
will
warts.
for the
will remember,
Presently,you
good
names.
have
you
A
hirsute
for
memory
When
others.
the
for
give attention,and
you
keep track
to
Ah, yes!
.
excellent memory
an
which
to
.
Concentration
lack of attention.
will
it
by
cure
/ the fault.'lj
For
a
paraphrase the advertisers:
motto,
Press
the
Memory
Later
on,
concentrate
will increase
concentration.
will do
the
rest.
yourself able to
for the brief period set, you
this time-limit,little by little,
as
you
find
quite undiscouraged by seeming slowness
of progress, since alreadyyou have achieved
[42]
Concentration
of your
awareness
intelligent
this
and
alone
Take
care
You
constantlythat
will
iiridle,as
Know, for your
Yet,
tamed.
that
discover
the
a
of
does
a
time
the
mind
your
set.
.hates
jmtam.6d
any
tWn^
it
comfort, that
needs
will feel
You
hand.
sure
be
can
tricksyjade,and
a
often, for
embarrassment
theme
,
it is
careful eye,
ideas.
your
the chosen
retained.4^fall^ngl^for
be
advance.
the first requirement
control
is conscious
of
triumph
a
always that
in mind
Bear
is
thoughts,
own
will, after
you
zealouslysettingyourselfto concentration
certain idea, arouse
a
on
presentlyto find
that
for minutes
something in
subject. Do not
over
merely
Strive
mind
try
to
has
be
been
yet, it is not
mourn
No
used
The
to
even
own
harm
pleasure'ssake.
to
the
over
your
lapse,
has been
done.
time.
Your
running itself. As
much
to the halter,
is like the
mind
in that it prefersto have
brooding
related
alert another
broken
less the bridle.
been
wise
no
again.
more
have
you
its
Let
own
your
way
body,
for its
stomach
[43]
Perfect
A
its
have
wish, and
I Just
you.
as
a
control
must
would
have
control
must
have
would
we
it will make
we
appetites,if we
the having, so we
Memory
glutton of
bodily
our
bodies
worth
minds,
our
worth
intelligence
whil^
Thus, unceasingly,the effort toward
tiveness
made
be
must
in
this
secure
mental
whole
energies in
no
theme
a
selected,allowing
it.
This
to
the
toil.
When
for the space
moment's
essential
this much
whensoever
[44]
of
there
of mind
of
a
has
are
becomes
on
a
single
minute, without
one
of
intrusion
thought, then
the power
is difficult.
one
retain the entire attention
to
ingly
unswerv-
practise. But the rewards
It demands
able
directed
theme
from
least variant
adequate
be
must
the
toward
dent
stu-
steadfastlyto
absorption of all the
the one
topic. The
absolute
thought
The
himself
exert
an
atten-
essential
trainingfor the perfectmemory.
must
if
an
unrelated
is
already developed
control,which is the first
masterful
been
he wishes
memory.
When
achieved, the student,
to
memorize
anything,
Concentration
but
has
that
his will
call upon
to
command
to
subjectsshall for
all other
the
time
rigorouslybarred from consciousness.
Indeed, it needs only a few seconds of such
a
on
specialsubject
perfectconcentration
available
to make
a successful,
permanent,
be
record
a
on
brain, a record
the
Such
vitalized memory.
is
that
means
tration
perfectconcen-
working for.
It is not too easilyacquired. By so much
the concentration
lacks perfection,
as
by
much
the time of thought necessary
for
so
the making of a clear record must
be longer,
nrhis
ideal concentration
occurs
naturally
when
the
often in moments
of great peril,
is etched
scene
of
a
something
on
the
worth
brain
in the fraction
through a lifetime of
the concentration
instants,when
second, to endure
memory.
In
such
is
works
camera
perfect,the mental
preciselyas does the photographic
snap-shot is taken in fierce
sunlight.
] The most minute portionof time
suffices for a perfectexposure.
the
When
camera
when
concentration
a
is lessened
by
a
lesseningof
[45]
A
Perfect
Memory
attention, then the mental
after the
fashion
the
is covered
sky
demands
which
limn
other
certain
cause
worry,
or
whatsoever
thinking
There
method
though
has
had
[46]
time
You
and
concentration
do with
of
any
think
can
crack
the
in
the
force
of
a
doom, and,
thinking be fear, or
desire,or love,or hate, or anything
outside
own
will, such
your
is
not
you
and
the
light
of your
case,
once
the
nothing to
will.
thing until
if the
mind,
of
space
that
has
the
time
duller
thought compelled by
than
such
The
A
picturewith distinct
too,
I write
absorbed
made.
the
lastinglines.
Remember,
of which
clouds.
considerable
a
to
photographic when
with
be
must
exposure
of the
operates
camera
your
not
are
mastery
and
cause
is another
in which
to
it is somewhat
no
concentration.
true
the
of your
master
of the
the effect in
In
mind
is
at
tion.
concentra-
simple and
constant
practiseconcentration,
difficult to
one
who
experience of its inestimable
Concentration
advantages
does
not
may
have
this very
already declared
be
find
in mind
the
whole
confided
to
learned
Latin
I
was
a
on
For
do
who
woman
that
she
brushing her hair.
a gentleman by complimenting
her
industry.
.
bad, and
are
you
give your
you
a
work
the
deplorablefact
perjuredmyself like
Latinitywas
neither
knew
while
her
of them.
best of which
I
the
me
are
things are exceptions.
work, if you please,
that
attention.
flect,
Re-
There
honest.
neither
to
minute.
a
most
singingis the
capable,since
they do
that
many
"^
ordinary person,
Sing at your
bear
stop
quite
exceptions,
you
nor
But
thing.
then
but
This
thing in turn that one does. That
seem
formidable, perhaps. Some
each
the
in its merits.
believe
exercise consists in concentration
admirable
on
to
her
.
of
crown
.jHer
glory
shame.
It would
take
that
too
must
long to
accrue
in concentration
detail the advantage
from
carried
such
out
activity.The thoughtfulstudent
sistence
per-
in each
will have
[47]
Perfect
A
a
understanding by this one
Greatest
truth:
efficiencycan
set
spur
primary
\
be
jonly
I
to
secured
energiesto
a
by
the direction of all one's
singleachievement
Efficiencyis the
aim
to
go
Your
when
part of the
worth
attention
not
can-
power
hard
a
problem
is devoted
bodily activity. There
some
time.
any
person
whole
solvingof
the
at
of every
consideration.
our
Memory
is
to
seeming
a
exception in the case of purely automatic
actions,but the exceptionis more
apparent
than
real,since
to
to
us
requireno
and
by so
problem is
the
much
She
of her Latin
trial for
dressingin
to
each
while
never
or
industrious
the
her
and
by
yourself,
the morning
to
Give
the
the
with
is
grace.
dis-
a
the
simple
detail of the toilette.
each
hard
lady's
hair
actuallygot
of her hair.
puttingon
[48]
the
difficult. That
sorrow
a
attention,
our
solving of
more
why
reason
seem
all do in fact
at
part of
the
made
Latinity was
a
thought
considerable
a
engage
operationsthat
many
roots
matter
test
of
full attention
In the bath,
garment,
lacingthe
A
until the
wait
the
toilette is
done, then, with
will
surelybe
capable. The
are
you
You
the
doubt
may
think
may
attention
the
to
would
be
is the
truth.
that
_turn.
^^y
lost,and
will work
everybody
bear
all
You
things better.
admits
that.
in
.
mind,
and
work
and
weakening of
.
"
\ \ learn
to
I Iwould
^
would
Cso]
be
to
your
concentrate
at
grow,
your
would
your
Why, yes,
Well, then, just
both
apply it
.
play. The moment
there
interest is divided, that moment
to
con-
energy""ar'every
work.
the truth
lack of
common
your
to
contrary
worthily for giving
more
attention
The
time.
life you
~concentration7TToenergy
do
you
of life.
minute
trifles of
waste
such
principleshould
expediency of this.
in giving your whole
wasting your
J,"entration,
you
the determination
every
many
In the
whole
your
the best of which
like
appliedthroughout
You
and
the matter,
to
reached
is
Memory
body wholly quiet, give
attention
be
Perfect
your
is
a
efficiency.You must
instant,if you
every
best
"
and,
too,
if you
always keep growing.
Concentration
Reflect
bit
a
growing,in
stop
the
There
die.
to
.
is
that, when
yoi
instant you
same
no
.
.
Let me,
fact
the
on
in
pause
then, insist yet
begii
nature.
again on
once
the
importance of this exercise. Remain
tical,
scepif you will,but in fairness to yourself
trial of the
make
of honest
the
benefit
you
will believe.
Give
truth.
the
experiment. Then,
You
will receive astonishing
effects in the
I
not
must
do
each
with
harmonizingof
into that phase of
But
nature.
now
and
go.
better
heart, with
doing it with
your
You
concentration.
task,from
dishes
to
is
new
your
the
whole
subject
Suffice it that you
thing with
every
matter
better
better
entire
will
effect,
brain, for
attention,with
will find the humblest
take on a
ditch-digging,
new
dignity,while to the higher requirements,
in which
is especially
intelligence
of perdemanded, you will bring a power
ception
that
of all
you,
in execution
to
the
world
the
good
work.
energy
yourselfand
to
"
and
an
crease
in-
delightboth
two
ciaries
benefi-
[si]
A
So
Perfect
for
much
Memory
concentration,the first requisite
of the
other
must
him
Whatever
perfectmemory.
instructions may
follow,the student
that they will avail
stillbear in mind
littleshould
he fail in cultivation of this
prime essential.
concentration
would
make
Other
even
remember
that
whenever
he
facts in memory.
installing
things there are, things important,
sure
of
vital,to the successful
the
perfectingof
the
master
of his
is its very
essence.
this power,
man
mind
own
wherein
flawless faithfulness.
[52]
must
is commanded
but concentration
kingdom,
He
memory
;
"
a
memory,
With
becomes
wonderful
serves
with
II
Part
Visualization
T]^^^^ISUALIZATION,in
with
the
means
memory,
formation
psychological
it is the
a
of the
thing
direct
development
picture-making,
"for the
fin order
tQ.ha:Ve
to
opposed
an
aware
the
of
process
the
necessity
the
to
cisely
pre-
remember.
in the
realize
as
of
standpoint,
being
wishes
one
we
concrete,
nection
con-
pictures.]
jFrom
mental
By
its
abstract.
ajcgu
^
of
rnemory
anything,
CQn",ciously form
of
an
student
the
exact
mentaF
must
picture
thing. "7
that
"
The
We
that
Thus,
for
reason
of
the
know
can
which
this
we
have
Academicians
is obvious
with
a
tion.
reflec-
on
certainty only
clear
of
perception.
France,
who
CS3]
A
Perfect
in
the
making of the
doubtless
slovenly in
engaged
were
were
of the
observation
Memory
crab.
When
completed their definition of
tionary
dictheir
they had
the
creature,
condescendingly informed
they rather
Cuvier, the naturalist,of the fact.
"And
Cuvier
definition of
is your
what
inquired.
The
of
spokesman
the
Lexicographers
great dignity:
the definition with
read
crab?^^
a
"Crab:
small
A
backward.''
The
fish that
red
walks
spokesman beamed
"And
do
what
tentedly.
con-
think
you
of
monsieur?'"
definition,
our
truly excellent,"Cuvier conceded.
sarily
Only," he added, "the crab is not necesIt is
small; it is
and
In
it does
walk
not
red; it is
not
definition is
the
opposite extreme
various
CS4]
wares,
could
.
.
truly excellent."
velously cultivated powers
possessed by Houdin, who,
shop
fish;
wise,
Other.
a
a
backward.
the
glance into
not
window
name
the
were
of
mar-
observation
after
a
single
filled with
each
separate
Visualization
of
item
the
gentlemen looked, but^d
and
"
f anything
i
be
^
is
mental
only
poor
there
must
be
in
failingly,
sons
It
Un-
memory.
have
been
is inevitable
the
that
thing
absorbed
in consequence,
I picture
he
this
"''piSssesses
and
his memory
and
sure.
within
that
my
of the
the historian.
is
most
he
readily
trates
concen-
interest,of which,
/ Hudson
late
was
Maxim
'concentrating
ability,
correspondinglywide
ory
encyclopaedic mem-
immediate
He
ories
mem-
forms^ sharply defined
intense
The
which
on
per-
observers.
should
one
brain.
the
on
keenest
the
can
image,
exceptionally excellent
with
was
mental
experience,those
own
my
|
withoult
with
remember
:"
the
distinctness
and
of R
mem-^
exact
to
image,
of
such
observation
observation,there
exact
clear
no
learned
s^g:^^^
not
essential
always
Without
ory.
The
} Exact
saw.
the
prestidigi-
great
the Academicians.
and
t looked
Such
contents.
between
difference
tateur
total
the
John
circle of friends
Clark
Ridpath,
interested
intensely
[55]
A
in
Perfect
Memory
practicallyeverything
his attention.
For
amazingly
that
that
he
reason,
well.
His
to
came
bered
remem-
mental
every
picturewas splendidlydistinct. They were,
all of them, clearly visualized,which
is
for the
vitallynecessary
The
and
vague
of
By
fact
any
outlines
exact
clear-cut
sent
details,by
has
person
of surf and
another,
t6
em
in
As
the
has
who
information
to
as
student
or
the
it
much
wiDi/pre-
be
or
of
out
an
the
centration
con-
when
mental
exact
swell and
he
sea,
will
ture
pic-
horizon, while
nothing beyond hearsay
those
things,must
comes
in
necessityfor
remembered,
image
fashion.
some
picture-makingin
thing to
[56]
so
confused, incoherent
a
apprehend
of the
picture is lacking in
seen
have
of
of n\emory.
requisite.Thus,
once
afterward
ever
service
Visualization
is the
a
picture
no
unsatisfactorymemory,
all.
at
none
affords
the
as
scant,
a
tion
intangibleconsidera-
for the
much
so
the
perfect memory.
measure
clear visualization
the
he
brain,
speedily
A
Perfect
Memory
iConcentration must
words:
is essential
which
visuaHzation
fashion
that
good
to
memory! |
It is this
facultyof visualization that is
for human
the prime requisiteof memory
folk with a memory
beings. There are some
chieflyfor sounds, but these audils
Moreover, the
are
comparatively rare.
is usually purely autoof sounds
matic,
memory
ance
and it therefore requireslittle assistfrom
picturingis
is for
of
automatically,if
be
may
has
it
must
The
of
a
[58]
all.
sounds
smells and
With
touch.
quite
otherwise.
of
hearing
sense
But
are
too,
of
even
tions
sensa-
animals, the
Thus,
so
case
the
bat
developed
that
importance in the brain.
wondrously delicate membrane
be of first
whole
the
novel
that
emphatically,of
from
at
imagination. So,
in
persons,
exceptionaltemperament
musician
first heard
'
the
only by
more
most
imagination,as it
Sounds, as a rule, are
memory.
the
With
basis of
the
remembered
it is
will.
the
wings
is
capable
of
catching and
Visualization
hearing
of its
noise
sound
of
subtle
the
wall and
caught
are
and
Such,
least, is
at
bat's
of the
and
scientific
a
from
come
by them
instantlyknown.
spaces,
open
shght
reflections
they
as
things is
of
distance
the
the
flight. Those
own
tree
from
echoes
explanation
abilityto flydiscreetlyat full
More
speed through absolute darkness.
familiar,is the predominance of the sense
of smell
than
rather
dog, which
in the
depends
his eyes.
on
For
he enters
dog, when
That
sniffingabout.
the
runs
that
it,
on
reason,
strange place,
is his way
of
a
ories.
memconcentrating,of establishingsure
the
smells
The
beast
floor, the
wainscoting,the feet of
and
When
brain
be
is
with
he
secures
the
dog
thus
not
filled,
a
of the
hare
he
.
"
"
with
lies
of
a
is
why
the
no
for
ory.
mem-
of his
out
scenes
he
ent,
pres-
dreaming, his
mine
or
might
succession
field where
followed,of
This
records
yours
panorama
experience,but
that
as
humans
any
of smells
:
coursed, of the
master
one
he
served.
writes
true
[59]
A
animal
a
a
stories.
human
that
Perfect
"Black
in
being
But
story.
Beauty'' was
horse's
a
it does
just
skin.
sympathize, and
we
reason,
Memory
For
like it
tell the
not
as
real
feelingof the horse, which has a strong
bone
partitionthrough its skull, so that
it has to learn everything twice, according
the side on
the novelty apwhich
to
pears.
Teach
the
parasolon
bolt
in
horse
to
be
unafraid
nigh side, and
when
terror
one
a
the
on
appears
chameleon, which
the
of
it will still
it is almost
In its way,
off side.
as
a
nate
unfortu-
as
has
brain
a
strive
tangled that it may
to
frantically
fly from death menacing on
system
so
rightwhile it is held back by the whole
left half of its body, heavy in peaceful
the
the
slumber, because
within
as
animals
to
to
with
is herself
[60]
the
a
somewhat
a
about
round-
this
on
of interpreting
impossibility
human
the
of communication
is of
carcase
dilated
I
sort.
fact
the
system
creatures,
Baroness
writer
of
von
in
a
tion
conversa-
Hutten,
who
distinction,and
I
Visualization
that, for
insisted
analogous, it
reason
a
impossible for anyone
write
to
truthfullyoutside of his own
personal experience. The lady disagreed
with me, but she was
good enough to give
forever
be
must
me
excellent
an
of her
out
band's
experience. On her husold tenant
in Bavaria, an
own
estates
had
misfortune
the
Baroness
in her
listened
lose his wife.
to
man's
for condolence.
The
over
was
at
his
patientlyto
the
kind
ancient
offered.
When
he
The
the
sympathy
affliction visited him
desolate
behalf
illustration in my
spoke,
supper,
and
consolations
last, it
at
was
the
point.
"It's a good thing it
your excellency,"he said
to
easy
be had
to
And
the
would
not
"
God
Baroness,
have
of
must
our
purposes
own
as
conceived
for the old man's
(We
wot
wasn't
the
cow,
Wives
.
.
!
are
.
But
she
that
a
cow
"
admitted,
ment
assuage-
grief.
strive,then, within
the
field
which, for the
peculiarability,
of memory,
is ordinarily that
[61]
Perfect
A
of
Memory
other
visionf^'The
part
ver^ well
from
us.
But
which
is the
of the
thing
been
senses
without
the
C62:
their
artificial stimulus
sight,the
mental
vision,
duplicationby imagination
on
which
concentrated, will
every
will do
care
lavished
attention
repay
to
a
has
once
fold
thousand-
its encouragement.^
III
Part
The
Concrete
ROM
of
conditions
the
tion,
visualiza-
and
we
advance
now
consideration
of
for the
of
work
centration
con-
the
to
sity
neces-
in the
concrete
securing
a
already
said
ful
success-
memory.
which
That
the
reference
on
to
In
the
for
It
is
patently
visualize
knows
language
was
the
roots
force
in
to
abstract.
are
The
student
well
that
the
ages.
bearing
impossible
ideas.
all for
in
opposed
as
primitive Sanskrit
abstract
its
added
abstract
should
one
in
with
cerning
con-
ill defined
the
visualization
concrete.
the
and
applies
memory
that
have
vague
considering
the
I
none
of
guages
lan-
concrete
To
think
[63 ]
in
in
A
abstractions
indeed,
Perfect
final boon
is the
boon!
a
There
Memory
be
can
idea.
Endless
abstract
be
photographed by
For
beyond
this
precedent for
should
there
brain;
it becomes
be
a
infinity
camera.
condition
a
of
act
any
kind.
man-
cannot
space
the
that
memory
in
image
concrete
be,
picture of
of the mental
reach
reason,
to
mental
no
an
extends
evolution
of
"
if it
"
the
picture of woit]i.,r-ffi""t^-J
sb-^Tpin outline, offeringno opportunity
the
for doubtfulness, for ambiguity in
mind.
The
interpretation.In short, the visualization
is conditioned
the
on
quality of
concrete
instance
can
thing pictured. In no
abstractions, as such, be pictured, save
by symbols. Therefore, no abstraction by
the
itself
It
be
can
is
a
memorized.
successfully
familiar
setting forth
idea
in the
in
brain
orderliness.
If
The
[64]
speech
sets
to
written
that
to
this
like is
were
everyone
his fancies
truth
idea
compelled
some
in
of
to
before
of
act
another
true
words
the
a
new
writing.
reduce
inflict-
A Perfect Memory
of the
It
SpoopendykePapers.
...
after his
encampment.
"Did
you
stew?''
from
return
taste
a
any
visit to
of the
was
Indian
an
dog-feast
friend asked.
a
"Yes/' was
the answer,
while the humorist's
face took on a pecuUarlysomber
of
"I tasted it twice:
reminiscence,
when it went
when
once
down, and once
it came
up!"
And the lady of my experimenthad a
qualm. You see, that coming up was
thing
somesomethingwithin her own experience,
cast
"
actual memory,
human
flesh was
bolting
concrete,
the savage
distant
so
fabric of
an
as
to
serve
while
thing
some-
only for the
jest.
In fine,only the thingsof experience
real to us, since theyonlyare concrete.
are
A
child that has been always healthy
have no
can
sympathy with pain,for it
gination,
imahave
The
no
can
understanding.
which Bishop Butler termed a
do no
delusive faculty,
than
can
more
[66]
a
"!lM
The
unite ideas of
Concrete
concrete
a
experience. The
most
devised
could
an
by
a
ingeniouscombination
parts
of
The
.
"
It
horrible
be
was
no
which
because
than
worse
he
hideous
already
Teacher
He
from
monster
of various
Supreme
.
this truth.
He
of
creatures
knew.
He
Poe
derived
sort
knew
knew
that
through every
suffering that
might feel all,and for each offer the
went
ineffable boon
of
a
perfectsympathy.
C67]
Summary
To
the
repeat
For
perfect
foregoing instructions
concentrate
memory,
visualization
concrete
of
the
:
on
thing
a
be
to
remembered.
(This*
should
be
And
is
statement
under
addition
of
mental
under
the
to
everything
of
all
particular
to
the
plete
com-
else.
:
Visualization
clear
giving
consideration,
exclusion
In
necessary!)
the
means
attention
mind's
subject
is
it
this:
note
Concentration
the
word
every
"
So
redundant.
the
means
picture
of
forming
the
of
a
ject
especial sub-
consideration.
And:
Concrete
means,
clearly defined, sharply
outlined, distinctlycolored,
detail
every
to
"
uncertain,
the
in
of
short, to
person
[68]
in
the
appearance,
the
vague,
usual
observing most
way
in
as
the
each
opposed
abstract
of the
things.
and
usual
IV
Part
The
of
Association
ROM
earliest
the
the
to
time
Mezzofanti,
of
them.
like
are
idea
arena,
to
unless
present
it
associated
dawning
sun,
It
around
when
he
brain-cells
are
the
which
the
likes
disof
They,
too,
quite impossible for
is
itself
in
Each
brain
many
mind's
the
it
bring along with
ideas.
within
on
ideas.
are
gregarious.
one
of
So
nature.
the
Man
dotes
even
held
is simple.
reason
-j; he
his
the
in
in memory.
fellows,
"And
has
place
The
is vital
from
Ridpath,
dominant
memory.
Cardinal
on,
of ideas
of his
company
and
association
gregarious animal
a
of
to
Association
is
days down
Macaulay
a
triumphs
Ideas
a
train
individual
is like
other
a
idea
central
ideas
have
C69D
A
their orbits.
according
is the
these
certain
other
the
also
be
may
more
according
while
and
fleetingbond
other
intimacy
to
will be
groups
others
permanent,
of
will have
grouped ideas
slightand
a
the
circumstances
the
to
Some
case.
less strong
or
bring
to
idea and
one
of
consciousness
into
along with- it. Naturally,
of the relation between
result
presence
allied^
Jdeas^Jends
ideas
but,
the
cause,
that
namely,
of
one
particular case;
individual
same:
of ideas may
varietyof circumstances
a
the
to
the
whatever
Memory
(Thisassociation
originin
its
have
Perfect
the
only
another,
one
ingly
last-
firmly and
joinedtogether.
For
the
need
we
ideas
not
the
present
the
in
great
a
Jit
entering
ea
C70]
be
In
number,
of
that
an
the
there
of
ciation
asso-
is
ever
in
instability
might
prove
astrous
dis-
the basis of memory.
if made
may
consideration
pairs.
likelihood
inter-relation
a
study,
present
our
beyond
go
associated
of
of
purposes
broadly
the
brain
stated
has
that
a
every
companion
The
its
whimsical
In
fellow."!
of
of
fact
merely the
the
is
two
of
that
importance
in the
since
processes,
summoned
Such
the
twin
together as
the
It
of
is
of
the
of
are
as
vital
mental
our
such
one
appearance
ideas
of
pendabl
provide a de-
fact
mastery
is
association
to
as
when
that
idea
consciousness,there
to
occurs
ordinarily
company.
This
union.
ideas
the
intimate
so
halves
two
be understood
not
limit
illustrate
to
of the
union
pairs,it must
is the
two
stancy
con-
fancy concerning love,
Yet, while
soul.
in
go
ancient
the
one
certain
a
affection,serving
it lies in the
that
exhibit
ideas
tion
associa-
fashion
a
of their own,
humbly
steadfastlyin
remains
idea, which
with
of Ideas
Association
is
ably
invari-
its
mate.
firmly fastened
boy and
the
Texas
lad
steer
of the
story.
An
ambitious
might
be
able
himself
The
"
result
far
to
with
was
beyond
do
a
the
wild
thought he
ploughingby yoking
beyond
them.
He
steer.
The
his
did
so.
expectations
steer
instantly
C71]
Perfect
A
ran
Since
away.
the
Memory
steer
with
boy perforce ran
the
charged down
main
the
it.
street
Tears
of
poured from
the
town.
the stronger,
was
rage
The
two
a
boring
neigh-
of
and
fication
morti-
lad's eyes,
he
as
yelled:
"Here
darn
come!
we
fool
our
souls!
Somebody head us off!''
Now, to effect such a union of two ideas,
be mentally photographed at
they must
the same
time, and, too, in conjunction
the
close that
so
pair is visible
the
it the other.
with
usefulness
The
in relation
good
Suppose, for
is
to
easilyapparent.
that there is something
on
person
the
our
purpose
something be
though
instrument
[72]
the
many
may
ory
memple,
exam-
need
we
with
connection
in
remember
"
in
one
picture. If this be done properly,
summoning of either by the will brings
the
For
as
certain
a
meeting with
let
of illustration,
next
borrowing of
of
owners
deem
the
an
to
him.
this
umbrella
that
useful
suggestional-
A
in such
Perfect Memory
gradually vanish
useless
no
mental
these
from
the
out
lumber
negative. The
of brain-cells.
mental
of which
by repetition,
more
to
This
in order
of
later
I shall have
of
pairing ideas
benefits of the
the
secure
association
be
on.
simple expedient
to
For
positive must
fixed
say
picture will
ing
mind, leav-
pictures of a casual sort
first proofs secured
from
a
like the
are
the
Afterward,
case.
capable of
is
law
almost
an
variety of adaptations. Since it is
natural to the mind, its simplicity
method
infinite
a
vastly in
is
its favor.
One
does
this
pairing automatically in the brain.
method
makes
the
memory
the
the
The
is instinctive.
visualization
must
aided
be
authority of
the
good
vivid.
in
memory
The
the
The
poor
work
by
will in
directingthat
sidered
clearly and conpicture be limned
with
careful scrutiny,thus to be
remembered.
Fools
long concentration
[743
on
waste
their energy
the desire
to
remem-
in
ber, in
The
Association
utter
oblivion
that
truth
of
have
they
"This
ent
in
the
memory.
the
student
this
in
a
artificial schemes
most
After
a
to
nothing
are
for
be
appar-
assisting
little experimenting,
easilylearn how to make
his need
serve
simple means
faithfully
multiplicityof instances in the daily
routine
The
has
method
what-
thing
quaUtiesthat
of the cumbersome
^
time
no
the
on
disastrous
the
put
lever in concentration
remembered.
of Ideas
will
recollection
where
of
availability
it
should
gives a
be
value
sure.
beyond
second
not
a
appraising. It wastes
in its operation. It involves no
of time
twisting of ideas. In fine, it lacks the
any
vices
of
the
usual
revel in the outrageous
CAs
a
c^n
be
else that
at
to
readily associated
the time
occur.
intricacies of
rule, anything
will be
when
a
systems
memory
be
that
onics.
mnem-
remembered
with
something
part of the environment
the
act
of memory
Suppose, for example,
should
that
it be
[75]
A
Perfect
to
morning,
without
If
form
we
time.
the
farcical
nature
absurd
picture
be
no
of
the
marmalade
it tends
coffee.
exact
Only,
image
on
be
of
the
that
mental
as
to
sentation.
repre-
is readilyremembered
for that
and
is
the
the
be
to
of itself to
make
be
eggs
parcel,if
thrust
that
it
deep
you
Then,
on
you
into
your
have
combination
brain.
duty
alization
visu-
let it float
sure
the
the
scruple
Let
jar,or
come
be-
breakfast-
combination
distinct.
box
concrete
the
on
over
fearfullysmeared
will.
If small enough,
the
a
all persons,
encouraged, since
the
delay.
requiresonly
ludicrous
almost
an
reason
box
need
The
by
It
on
the
There
table.
remembering
concentrate
of
of
picture of the
breakfast-table,
we
of
the proper
should
in the
express
moment
a
the
assured
we
by
mental
a
resting upon
at
box
ship a
necessary
Memory
the
graphed
photoif
one
of
things in the representationbe an
inevitable adjunct of the breakfast-table,
its appearwill be mentally served on
you
the
C76]
The
its
with
ance
be
"
So
express!
method
of recallingto
sure
thing to be
I give no
...
done
at
a
of
let him
student
forth
by
me
He
express.
meditate
a
picture in which
with
when
the
Most
our
shall
of
lives,such
be
place we
in
a
have
So,
at
us
there
form
must
the
him
thing
to
concretely associated
place in which
a
the time
in
is
remembered
Let
truths
he
by
himself
incident.
that
set
sent
concern
essential
are
necessary.
un-
method,
parcelto be
not
the
These
mental
be
need
on
forth.
set
the
to
the umbrella
with
even
as
the
to
is
ment
reinforce-
need
as
the
single instance
the
over
a
principle,for
this
understanding
read
is
cal
practi-
variety of examples
If any
to
mind
illustration of the
other
that
parcel
simple
certain time. \
a
applicationof
reason
the
corollary
by
sent
the
of Ideas
Association
is
he
sure
thing should be
have
that
at
to
be
at
bered.
remem-
a
definite routine
a
certain
time
we
place,and of that
exact
an
imaginapicturein tion.
when
the
the time
thing
C77]
certain
A
should
be
form
in
the
associated
on
the
brain
the
with
the
surroundings
thing the pair
photographing
cells.
of memory
laws
Memory
remembered,
should
then
Perfect
That
much
will do
the
of
ideas
done,
rest, and
the
you
will remember.
T The
artificial system
is
system
continuous
helps little. This
natural, following the actual
operation
artificial system
around
the
that
contains
dreadful
such
by
a
a
tying
finger,which
least hint
mind.
the
of
declares
be
must
as^jo
story
reminder
fond
spouse.
of
a
the
who
man
twisted
He
in
string
a
torily
peremp-
actuality
is,indeed,
his
digit
condition
a
abject terror, and the friends who
him late at night in the city were
of
on
He
explained that
his wife
something of great importance
and
to
his
obedience
had
his finger. He
string around
what
his life,remember
to
save
[78]
came
ous.
curi-
told
had
him
insure
but
exhibited
about
was
The
done,
particularthing.\ There
of that
a
is the
something
no
of
to
tied
do,
the
could
not,
the
thing
Association
The
There
was.
"
the
night,the
next
again, in
him
"Haven't
in
its
remembered
sympathetic alarm
miserably.
"Then, why
on
of
"I
don't
dast
home,"
go
"What
my
wife
around
my
finger for
remember
to
Emphasize
The
thing
object
with
be
to
the
this
do
was
to
that
confessed.
he
dinged string
make
to
me
again:
concentrate
in
it should
nought,
it
?''
groaned.
again and
remembered,
have
said,
early|j
fact
is
avails
spirit,to
that
home
come
placewherein
It
of
to
tied
his
go home
system
memory
.
met
over
man
earth don't you
a
.
"
yet?'" they
remembered,'' the
victim
own.
deplorable.
was
plight.
''Yes, Fve
The
munity
com-
friends
same
that
state
a
you
demanded,
him
boasted
that
And
peaceful suburban
the
to
return
thing
string! The
until then, he dared not
the
was
done
be
must
of Ideas
association
be
save
bered.
remem-
weariness
hammering
something
the
on
should
on
sciousness
con-
be
[79]
re-
A
Perfect
j The
membered.
Memory
lyre-birdmight
have
its
make
the bird strive
well
as
musical-appearingtail spelledas
the ugly word, if it should
hope to keep
promises by kinks put in the feathers of
that
appendage. They would
gorgeous
the
I
that
reason
my
ornithology suggested
small
the
possessingthe largesttail
;
mnemonic
such
the
itself. And
dogs
at
"
practisesas
that
has
least,in
a
been
cartoon.
I had
for
best
the
tying strings
making knots
digits,or
knowledge
lyre-birdas
of which
therefore
cognizance, and
on
course
illustration for the
that
employed
.
.
sufficient
of
remember, of
all toward
at
help not
they would
of the
precise memory
thing itself.
but
.
to
in the
done
tail
the
by
Fo^^Ionce
and a terrier
pictureof a dachshund
engaged in friendly dialogue, of which
saw
a
the substance
The
much
terrier
regarded his
friend
with
astonishment.
''Why,''
knot
this.
was
he
tied in your
[80]
exclaimed, ''youVe got
tail!''
a
V
Part
Memorizing
T
is
the
in
pairing
errands,
the
routine
of
to
three
In
surprising quickness.
if
the
due
be
to
is
that
should
the
of the
be
[82]
list
the
of
But
of
must
a
be
ing,
memoriz-
employed,
list of
It is
in
perfect
a
with
things
That
sufficient.
things
over.
gone
insurance
enumeration
simple.
very
visual
or
mitted
com-
too,
be
will be
remembered
assuredly
thus
such
concentration
enumeration
mere
speech,
a
be
can
list
A
surely and,
memory
number
the
of
list
any
more.
or
day,
a
objects
two
memory
heads
the
or
of
things, when
is
employ
to
single picture in order
fix in
to
of
practical
a
of
List
a
only
to
sary
neces-
be
this
case,
for
the
memory,
one,
done
in
each
Memorizing
of which
stage
with
To
mental
is afterward
picture
contemplated
particularattention.
make
this
:
principlespecific
shall suppose
We
of
List
concrete
a
formed, and
is
a
half-dozen
a
person
have
we
be
to
thus
able
unwilling obedience.
our
anxious
errands,
of the
in behalf
that
to
surely that
impress
there
these
will be
on
list
a
executed
to
mand
com-
We
are
so
memory
of
likelihood
no
of having
Instead
forgettingthem.
to
which,
pencil and paper
the first place involves
initial loss
an
time, and, in the second place,is by
course
re-
in
"
infallible since
means
itself may
try the
be
lost, or
the
even
of
no
memorandum
forgotten
"
effect of
pairpg the objects in the
mental photography.
To begin:
Take
the first two
objects in the list.
Set them
in juxtapositionto pose
for the
mental
picture. Then, with
shut,
eyes
if you
not
are
yet well practisedin the art
and
able
to
eliminate
the
actual environ-
[83]
A
Perfect
all
exclude
ment,
and, for
of the
a
thought of
other
give the whole
moment,
mind
Memory
things,
attention
contemplation of this ture
picgination
projected within the brain by imaThen, immediately after taking
this
to
snap-shot,withdraw
from
the
for it
a
mind's
exposed plate
and
camera,
fresh one,
impression of
the
which
is
substitute
receive
to
the
second
imaginary picture.
be
second
This
picture must
composed
of the second
in its turn
object from the
a
first picture,in
conjunction with the third
bered.
object in the list of errands to be rememThe
first object in the list is now
not
considered
and
third
at
held
are
all; only the
before
the
mind
second
to
be
photographed together. Afterward, the
the fourth
third and
joined
objects are
similarlyby the imagination,and the mind
is concentrated
Next,
in
these, come
Now,
fourth
the
a
in visualization
and
fifth
are
them.
ciated
asso-
singlepicture; and, following
lastlythe fifth and the sixth.
if all this be done
[84]
the
of
with
due
attention
Memorizing
phases of the
successive
the
to
found
will be
List
a
of association
law
the
that
task, it
pictureswill work to
ruling such mental
of the entire list
effect a perfectmemory
its order.
in
object is recalled by
second
that
has
formed.
been
picture is dismissed
second
object alone
will, the
it in the
along with
appears
of
act
an
first
the
Instantly, when
picture
Then, when
from
is
the
this
view
summoned,
the
upon,
where-
the
immediately, with it is seen
third object,just as the mind
had pictured
the two
together in the preparation. The
like result follows
other
items
in
in the
list of
the
of
case
all the
things
to
be
remembered.
Someone
memory
may
could
that
suggest
fail to recollect
first object in the
without
this memory
the whole
instance
breaks
even
the
as
a
down.
As
chances
worst
the
even
that,
argue
startingpoint,
of memorization
scheme
fact, however, the
favor of
list,and
faulty
a
a
are
in this
matter
of
vastly in
memory^s recalling
[8s]
A
first
the
Perfect
in
thing
failure
be
Memory
list.
the
in
But,
should
this
particular,it is
readily offset by beginning at any other
there
point in the list. If the
wretchedly incompetent as
from
one
the
indeed,
of
prove
and
method
would
paper
available
at
unable
be
read
taken
his
letters,and
down
lest
might
therefore
singleword
a
complete list
the
can
form
final step in the
the
as
a
mental
conjunction
endless
at
risk
grave
or
that
in this
be
lected
recol-
by beginning with any object from
pains be
set, provided always that
the
in
only
although
alreadywritten.
any
method
to
be
little reflection will show
A
pencil
case,
afflicted person
write
to
items, then,
for memory,
the
totallyforget all
fail in recollecting
offer the
to
might
so
exploited would
such
seem
there
moment
any
In
substitute
then
even
here
avail.
no
to
list of six
a
be
memory
the
[86]
chain
fifth
pictureof
with
is
the
memorizing
the sixth
object
first. Thus, an
established.
Beginning
object,for example, the
sixth
Memorizing
in association
instant
the
on
appears
List
a
Then,
when
sixth
be
apparent
on
of
objects will always be
the
with
is
mentally
surveyed, the first is revealed along with
A look at the picture of this
it,in turn.
the
it together with
first object shows
In such
second.
fashion, the whole list
It will
is faithfully
preservedin memory.
it.
sequence,
the
that
fifth
That
is
to
or
carries the
the
say,
following it
on
list
the
presented in
backward, for
objectswith equal readiness
direction.
the
either forward
of association
law
of the
consideration
pairing
in either
fourth
has
right in
the
the
picture,if the impulse be in that
direction,but it has the third object preceding
mental
it in another
an
impulse
direction.
the
of
mental
in the
movement
Whichever
series of
displaying the
exact
our
way
pictures to
direction the mental
picture under
contrary
will
bids
unfold, in that
scroll will
order
the
relation
acts
of attentive visualization.
established
by
duly unroll,
of pairs, in
the
original
[87]
Perfect
A
None
constrained
am
student
the
to
out
less,I
the
Memory
the
singleelement
danger in this simple method
whole
chain
memorizing. The
of the
its weakest
than
stronger
with
link.
of
the
of
matter
of
quick
is
This
is well illustrated in
system
point
to
no
flaw
tion
connec-
extemporaneous
speaking. It is a very simple thing for
vance
a
speaker in preparing his remarks in adto
fix
on
of
and
each
head
concrete
some
division
in
sentative
repre-
the
speech,
associate these respectivelyin the
to
fashion
He
explained above.
might, for
example, have fifteen pointsthat he desired
for his discourse.
remember
to
pair the first with
dismiss
the picture,
the
second
and
in turn,
throughout
thus
the
than
separate
There
[88]
it from
the
remains
his
like
the
on
only
take
a
the
it
manner
points,and
of his
heads
it would
items
mind, pair
third, visualize
list of fifteen
the
could
second, visualize
the
proceed after
memorize
less time
the
with
He
him
speech
to
piece of
in
write
paper.
that,
possibility
A
The
Perfect
student,
Memory
after
little exercise
a
pairing of objects in sequence,
in connection
with
explained above
list of errands, must
find for himself
in
this
of
applicability
of
the
wherein
ways
in
process
and
pleasingin itself,
gratifyingin the matter
will
result
the
of
the
the
multitude
a
method
the
as
prove
especially
rate
securingaccu-
memory.
To
of
illustrate my
point as
the
diversity
uses:
Take
that
book
a
you
with
reading carefully,
/ ing its contents,
first
of the
matter
be
done
Iover
view
a
than
chapter, pause
subject
must
rather
are
therein
with
the
things set
and
\ inter-relations,
precisely the
chapter, and
your
[90]
mental
assimilat-
At
to
ing
secur-
the
consider
contained.
whole
the
end
the
This
this
effect,gen-
Finally, determine
dominant
set
to
of
thoughtful care, going
forth, examining their
detail.
in
lerallyand
desirous
merely
fleetingentertainment.
a
in
to
thought
as
heavens,
the
of
central
around
the
sun
which
Memorizing
various
the
about
intentness
luminous
the
mind
the
thoughts
rotate
of the
initial
full
a
utmost
the
as
which
chapter
of the
in slow orbits.
close of the
should
process
nant
domi-
of the
regard with
this selected
symbol
pivot of the brain, around
minute, let
At
shall appropriately
symbol
the
as
Thereafter, for perhaps
idea.
book
planets
light. Then, fix
object that
as
serve
the
of
orb
own
concrete
some
on
revolve
statements
our
List
a
be
its steps, with
second
chapter, the
in
exactly repeated
the
securing
of
all
another
characteristic of the
symbol, distinctively
leading thought of this second
chapter.
should
There
on
this
follow
symbol, the
chapter
circle about
At
close
the
let the
of
and
symbol
the
thus
just the
of
intent
while
this
concentration
the
in the
ideas of the
brain
vision.
long concentration,
of the first chapter and
second
that
be
conjoined intimately,
photographed in the brain, in
fashion
memorizing of
a
you
have
followed
list of errands
in
in the
pairs.
[90
A
At
Perfect
end
the
of
the
be
preparation must
choosing of
in
third
the
chapter, the
connection
ideas
with
in
with
same,
fittingsymbol,
a
author's
the
Memory
be
to
the
sidered
con-
details of
the
chapter. After
concentration,the second symbol and
third should be placed togetherby the
due
the
of
power
imagination,and mentally photographed
their
in
similar fashion
will find
you
symbol
the
to
union.
end
the
to
the
summoning
that, on
considerable
a
memory,
Proceeding in
of the volume,
first
bulk
thought in the first chapter
ness
automatically brought into consciousalong with the symbol
vastly more,
of the author's
is
"
indeed, of the author's thought
have
been
in
the
the
readers, even
too,
as
the
usual
will
as
the
the
mental
[92]
first
scene
slipshod
of
manner
the
mental
that of the first symbol
in
symbol
by
dered
pon-
Presently,
ones.
commands,
to
second
read and
you
ambitious
picturechanges
and
had
case
would
than
an
close
alliance.
is shut
act
of
out
Then,
from
the
volition,the
Memorizing
a
List
its
second
symbol reigns over
are
subject ideas, wherein
author's
The
thing
same
third
the
a
thoughts
in
his
recalled
second
that
serene
brain
of
contents
the
and
at
the
such
that
command
instance
the
has
stored
the
volume
in
this
sequence
of
the
memory
the
is
to
sense
will find
principal
quence,
scholarly se-
will
has
is
"
readily
since
been
strong by directingit according to
laws of its best operation,by which
success
the
successivelywith
order, affordingthus
exquisiteby
In fine,you
mastery.
your
to
then
pleasure made
of mental
the
chapter.
in reference
occurs
chapter, and
others
in
clustering
in
made
those
alone
be attained.
[93]
VI
Part
of
Avoidance
T
the
Abstract
of
is distinctive
brain
it demands
that
We
operations.
of
terms
of
survey
this
all
is
plane of being
plane.
fourth
It is
the
three-dimensional
a
of
but
vagaries
of fiction.
as
when
[94]
It
A
entering
it becomes
senses.
no
that
such
a
in
fourth
a
mension
di-
literallynothing, despite
know
amusing
writers
in the
assert
may
of
thing
the
occultists
of
pretentious vaporings
the
minds
perfectly logical to believe
dimension,
we
ness
thick-
and
our
We
things.
in
dimensions.
three
of
limitations
its
think
Length, breadth
the
the
incessantly for
concrete
are
human
the
the
is
longer has
humorous
popularly
scribed
de-
dimension
fourth
imperceptible
and
to
length
any
or
of
our
breadth
Avoidance
or
thickness
may
it has
ceased
which
or
we
be, since without
to
thickness
test
may
well the
Note
may
truth: without
theorize
of
us
as
a
sort
to
to
as
And
verities.
"
.
our
senses
length or
nothing by
such
things,but
many
three
properties
themselves
that
.
the
the visible,
sions
dimen-
nothing is real.
us,
demonstrate
to
sightor
the fact of its existence.
only those possessedof the
are
is
there
nothing is actual
We
of
by which our sense
verifyits being. To
touch
breadth
of the Abstract
means
the
to
crete,
con-
which
tangibleobjects,
give precisesensation to us by the medium
of contact
through our organs of sense.
Even
when, in the evolution of ages,
has
man
come
to
in the consideration
he
of power
measure
some
of abstractions
as
such,
is,nevertheless,still compelled to have
constantlyto
recourse
symbols
whole
such
language
symbols
these
of
we
any
concrete
abstract
is based
thingsas
the
thoughts. Our
on
the
concrete
alphabet sounds, and without
late
should be wholly unable to formuthought whatsoever, either for
of
[95]
A
Perfect
personalmeditation
with
fellows
our
of life and
the
or
for intercommunication
as
to
letters
toward
heights of being,
gradually eliminated
the
pictures became
and
unnecessary,
the
events
significance.Originally,
pictures,but, as the race
the mighty urge of its own
were
advancement
the
the various
their
developed under
as
Memory
the modified
remained
letters
as
forms
sole
the
symbols of particularsounds
of
concrete
in
speech, as
in writing.
their visual interpreters
In their origins,figures,
crete
contoo, were
numeral,
things. Thus, in the Roman
the
III,
things enumerated
three
character
of
corresponding
number
The
of the other
five,and
that
is
all of the
The
number.
understood
since
on
the
patently displayed by
are
like is true
the
by
vertical
lines.
numerals
up
to
device
of
bining
com-
predecessorsfor
the
new
an
obvious
entire
is
system
examination
and
readily
analysis,
in its
fundamentally concrete
Arabic
The
notation, however,
it is
sources.
tended
[96]
more
swiftlytoward
the
abstract,
A Perfect
with them
in the
Memory
studyof memory,
purelyabstract. To the
the figures
employed are
their vagueness.
minds
are, rare
There
theyare
of memory,
abstractions in
art
have
been, and
capableof remembering
various combinations
of figureswith a
But such minds are
exactness.
scrupulous
abnormal.
In almost every instance,
the
of these unusual powers has been
possession
in other
accompaniedby mental ineptitude
directions. The facultyis,in fine,of a
freakish sort, and not to be desired by any
sensible person.
Therefore,the ordinarynormal man, however
skillof memory,
need
ambitious
to
excel in
regardhimself as
unduly afflicted if he does not readily
hold
remember
or
long lists of figures,
in his mind the appalling
persistently
array
of dates set forth in a universal chronology.
If his brain be normal,he is sure to experience
many
and
not
constant
in such
difficulties
memorizing of things that are
since it is by no
abstractions,
essentially
natural to the mind to fix arbitrary
means
[98]
tedious
of the Abstract
Avoidance
with
and
ease
It
stability.
becomes
mental
prefers
rather
"
of the
provide
of the
Since
imagery
such
than
of concreteness,
that
the
resort
to
without
for
a
amount
'
in the
tials
essen-
strict condition
effected
involving
in the
the
without
As
any
and
process,
so
serious
that
fact,
be instituted
can
the
and
of
matter
a
of
amount
resultant
gratifyingin
perfected memory
of
bewilderment
substitution
will prove
of
place
transformations,and
brain.
the
proposed
work
in the
to
engendering ambiguitiesand equivocal
tiring of
without
be
to
cumbersome
machinery
the
is
change
insists
it is wise
lack
the
on
memory
arbitrary symbolism
imagery
concrete
modate
accom-
nay,
sort,
arbitrarysignsthat
I
the
"
an
abstract
to
exigenciesof
the
to
mechanism.
concrete
it !
upon
then,
necessary,
circumstances
the
in the recollection
of numerals
combinations
a
the
ditions
con-
matter
far
greater
be
amply
pains would, indeed,
compensated.
I
The
fundamental
in the
requisite
process
A Perfect
Memory
pletely
change is simply the eUmination comof the unsatisfactory
numerals concerned,
and the subsequentreplacing
of
them in effect by other symbols,which are
in accordance with the
concrete
insistently
demands of a ready and enduringmemory.
The selected alternatives givenby me
are
in themselves purelyarbitrary,
and for that
reason
they may be modified accordingto
of any individual taste.
But
the pleasure
of
each and every one of these new
numerical
symbols is of a character adaptedto swift
and
and
visualization by the
sure
therefore suitable
to
imagination,
in
availability
of the arrangement
consists in the fact that each objecthere
The
memory.
virtue
takingthe placeof an Arabic numeral is of
in the mind a definite
a kind that produces
which the mental
and distinctive picture,
in the twinkling
record perfectly
camera
can
a
of an
eye, securingwithout difficulty
permanent platefor the use of memory,
fused
one
wholly distinctive and not to be conwith any of its fellows.
[
100
]
i^
Avoidance
In
of the Abstract
the
carrying out
indicated,it becomes
place to
a
prepare
necessary
list of
in the
consonants
here
first
trarily
arbi-
according to the dictates of
chosen
convenience
of the method
established
as
this numerical
by experiment.
for the
aidingof
the consonants
are
employed in
memory,
lieu of the ordinary figures,
the places of
which they take in a manner
to be explained
forthwith.
The followinglist of consonants
is offered as supplyingthe placesof
the ordinary integers.
I equalsty or
d\
In
.
.
.
system
A
the
Memory
letters offered
the
that
Perfect
ordinary Arabic
and
common
contrivances
new
in the
easily and
this is
the
As
the
only
Happily for
our
only
form
in
are
consonant
[102]
a
is
most
as
be
by
the
the
ordinary
be observed
be
in my
necessary
however
in the
simple
For,
thus
consonants
may
care,
to
alteration.
embodied
of
abstract.
there
the
it should
vowels,
it is
for the
the
with
words, with
other
Thus,
and
"
cease
fact,however,
difference,caused
consonants
certain
of
would
to
were
equivalentsfor
suggested as
numerals
change
purpose,
combine
we
now,
contention
concrete
procedure
next
memorized
initial step in the work
vital
a
that these
the like difficulties
being
matter
a
substitutingthe
evolved
of
matter
surely. The
this stage.
be
must
will present
quite just,if
be
no
numerals
quiteas arbitrarily
symbolic
abstract in nature
the
as
are
practically
The
able
inevitfiguresthemselves.
conclusion,then,
"
Roman
or
for
themselves
are
at
substitutes
as
to
that
list
to
employ
particularword.
matter
to
form
of the Abstract
Avoidance
the
letter t^ which
into
An
a
word
selection would
results
Z?,and the vowel
to
aspirateand
have
we
word
the
are
vowel, it
a
is
consonant
in
adopted
of the
stead
in the
serve
Since the
be
Since the additions
is the letter t^ which
list
consonant.
the sole distinctive
that
figurei,
by prefixingthe aspirate
u.
respectivelyan
evident
other
containingno
excellent
hut^ which
for the
stands
our
figure i.
vowels, the aspirateh^ and
and
w
given a place in the foregoinglist
of letter substitutes for the integers,it is
not
3;, are
clear that any
word
containingonly a single
representinga numeral may
be satisfactorily
employed as a substitute
thus
consonant
for the Arabic
Roman
or
figure. So, then,
word
hut
stands
in
figure I.
The
mind
has
symbol
of
the
concrete
a
imaginary
swiftness,without
the
place of the
here
The
brain
hut
with
any
picture thus
the
desired
adaptable for
sort
plan of visualization.
an
the
graph
photo-
can
ease
of
possibility
formed
our
and
fusing
con-
with
any
[
]
other.
103
A
Next,
consider
the
the
which
n,
figure2.
vowel
e
By
so
of
substitution,we
is offered
Here,
afford
an
formation
prefix for the
word
Memory
in this system
lieu of the
and
Perfect
the
aspirateh
advantageous
of
adequate
an
hen^ to be employed
object representingthe
this familiar
former
in
serve
containing the required consonant.
simple a device,we become possessed
of the word
Of
to
case
of
a
a
crete
con-
number
2.
object, a heUy as in the
hut^ the mind is capable of
takinga picturefor the purposes
and
both instantlyand exactly,
will have
as
of memory
such
picture
of endurance.
sufficient powers
in reference
Continuing the method
the remaining integers and
we
to
zero,
the complete list following:
obtain, finally,
.
.
.
Hut
[104]
equals i
;
A
Perfect
II
;
Memory
{t and
for
12
;
each
d
standing
i)
(ordune^ or Dane^ and the
like,accordingto taste)
13;
(or daniy and
14;
(or tower^
15;
(or daky
the
and
or
like)
the
like)
tail^and
the
like)
Ditch
it
16; (the
being silent,and
t
therefore
the
Tug
(C
17;
regarde
entirelydisor
dish, and
like)
(orwedding^ in which
two
d'^scount
single I,
only as
the
ng
a
rated
sepa-
the ^'s
from
vowel
the
by
a
representingthe
7)
Dove
a
18 ;
word
(or any satisfactory
with
the
like order
consonants
Tub
19;
by a vowel)
(or any word
sonanted)
[io6]
of
separated
thus
con-
Avoidance
of the Abstract
And
analogouslyfor
other
The
a
should
list of substitutes
he
Afterward,
ten.
of very
at
student
numbers.
speedily memorize
running
should
symbols
concrete
any
to
from
extend
\
to
one
this list
include
twenty
least,preferablythirty,and beyond
that
point according to individual inclination or
For
need.
however
ordinary purposes,
thirty such
twenty-five or
will prove
The
amply
to
memorization
sufficient for every
will
results
the
user.
of
object-symbols
the
appear
At
gency.
exi-
well-nigh
once,
certain
when
raculous
mithis
definite
[107]
list
A
Memory
completed, it
been
has
Perfect
for almost
will be
constant
found
in
use
varietyof
of splendid
a
astonishinglylarge,and
efficiencyin its masterful control
ways
It
memory.
frame,
for
be made
can
to
into which
recollection
able
avail-
serve
of
as
all lists of
a
the
manent
per-
things
be
surance
slipped with asof their availability.For example,
in preparing a list of errands, instead of
may
the first thing to be remembered
associating
with the second, then the second
with the
third, and
so
hitherto
manner
concentrate
now
end, followingthe
in
forth
set
of
association
the
the
to
on
ideas, the student
visualization
a
on
first thing to be remembered
with
as
the
the
When
to
may
of the
in association
object,hut, which stands
symbol of the figurei.
concrete
permanent
this
relation
pictureof
hut, with
a
the
first
objectto
be remembered
appearingboldlyin
the open
front of
been
it,has
by the brain, there
afterward at
difficulty
what
[io8]
was
the
be
can
any
first
photographed
no
time
one
slightest
in recollecting
in the
list of
Avoidance
of the Abstract
it
errands,which
thus
was
sought
to
orize.
mem-
callingfor number
of the list from memory,
the image of
one
the hut is recalled,and
along with it is
the concrete
inevitablyshown
object that
Immediately,on
the first errand
represents
in
as
So
conjunctionwith
executed.
is visualized
errand
the second
In like manner,
be
to
hen, which
a
serves
arbitrarysymbol for the figure2.
the
easilyand completely
list may
be quickly set within
that any
frame
of symbols for the
this permanent
figures. It is altogetherfeasible to do this
at
it results very
moment's
a
notice, since this list of
symbols for the integersis fixed
concrete
already
in
the
be associated
with
whenever
symbols
it,will
the
act
the
in the
in any
sum
in
reappear
ory
mem-
of numerical
array
to
may
memory.
perfect in
every
The
case,
of hesitation in the
possibility
of memory,
error
set
is summoned
recollection will be
without
Whatever
memory.
without
instance
the
of
possibility
of lack
or
individually,
total of the whole
list.
[109]
A Perfect
little shrewd
A
consideration of
involved
possibilities
student
Memory
will
that
serve
the
convince
to
the
availability
the memory
of this simplesystem of guiding
is almost limitless. It is applicable
in
memorizingthe items of a speech to be
any
eager
delivered without
It will be
notes.
that in the
membered
re-
simpleassociation of
ideas for this purpose, there lurked ever
a
of forgetfulness,
since by that method,
peril
the chain
beingno strongerthan itsweakest
that the concentration
link,there was the possibility
might not have been properly
instance with
effective in
some
one
result that
there
might
come
a
the
sudden
by which when the speakerwould
proceedfrom his seventh head to his eighth
hiatus
he would
find himself confronted with
a
wall,whereon would be written no
symbol to suggest his eighthtopicin the
discourse. So, it is apparent that in this
fixed listfor memorizingthere will be found
centration
safety.The speakermight failin his conin the home
made
aforetime,
blank
[no]
'Ubi
Avoidance
failure would
such
yet
loss.
of the Abstract
that
Suppose
adequately
he did
a
of
moment
chances
the
only
has
he
sign
embarrassed
are
thousand
a
of
or
to
more
only to skip the
one
dare
of
that
say
point, after
my
fairlyembarked
such
recall the
other.
will crowd
up
extemporaneous
a
lapse of
The
the
one
he has
point and go on to the
personal experience,I
after-dinner speaker or
any
lecturer,once
such
eight, after
silence,since
properlyactive,and
Out
a
eight
In
that nine will be
next.
at
part of the fixed
a
dismiss
to
him
concentrate
in memory.
list,always present
case,
not
eight. The
on
be present, for it is
would
leave
not
on
neglectedhead.
must
next
will
memory,
association
speaker,who
his
of ideas
And
the
possess
good degree of ingenuity,will find no
in combining the two
divisions of
difficulty
his discourse,and hereby,perhaps,securing
some
an
effect better
than
he had
planned
in the
The
point is
quiet of preparation.
this : If you would^'speak
extemporaneously,
.
you
are
safe in
making
.
.
this memorization
[III]
of
A
notes
your
if,by
Perfect
in relation
chance,
any
able
are
the fixed
to
to
centration
con-
individual
an
the
relyon
list,
since,
preparatory
your
lackingin
was
you
Memory
next.
head,
You
not
can-
forget the fixed list,since, however
to the cona reference
tricky the memory,
sonants
that represent the figuresmust
be
sufficient to recall the words
standing for
the concrete
symbols, and when the symbol
is recalled it will bring with it the associated
course.
concrete
thing having to do with the disIt is quite impossible that there
could
be
dinner
more
than
failure in
one
a
scientious
con-
afteror
preparationof a lecture,
talk, or a sermon,
a
or
lawyer's
plea,or
a
indicated
prizeoration,if the method
be followed
with
here
oughness.
thorintelligent
thoughtful student will realize,also,
that this same
simple plan is applicablein
The
settingit
to
If
a
book.
method
the
chapters of
reversion
be
made
formerlyemployed,
that there
[112]
remember
was
to
a
the
it will be found
always a dependence on
the
A
.
So,
.
.
Perfect
too,
Memory
has
as
been
indicated, the
of
order
paragraphs in a set oration.
limit
Indeed, there is practically
no
extent
and
the
which
this
method
appliedwith
The
variety of
the
be
may
to
purposes
to
adapted
and
happiestresults of efficacy.
the
preliminary effort of learningthe
of
purely arbitrary substitutions
as
nothing
when
understood.
of the
of
value
the
The
natural
the
method
takes
aptitude of
the
list
becomes
it is fully
advantage
mind, and,
^
through it,provides a means
whereby the
is perfected in its workings over
memory
wide
before
regions where
it
most
was
at
fault.
The
himself
with
signs for
ready and
as
as
now
the
task
will
once
should
student
ten
the
sure
mastered,
not
ten
the
selected words
prove
familiarize
once
employed
consonants
figures,and
in his
ordinary Arabic
the
[114]
the
at
at
make
as
memory
characters.
all difficult.
consonants
learningof
are
the
containingthem
them
thus
fixed
are
The
Then,
fully
list of
offers very
Avoidance
little
number
from
the
word
the
available
and
of
in
Limits
Some
of the
of ideas
association
such
to
of
pleasure
new
power,
it
a
precious
art
of Ideas.
of memory
have
artificial association
at
once
useless
mentally demoralizing.
of
simple, natural method
even
by pairs in
as
accurate,
itself and
extent
an
I have
artificialassociation
and
a
of the
value
the
the
"
results.
exponents
absurd,
.
possession of
the Association
to
Beyond
in
strong
emphasized
and
brain
the
in its manifold
uses
The
.
of this mental
worth
vast
alike.
both
power
consonants,
always ready, always
need
each
sufficient clue
a
for innumerable
establishes
in
guide the recollection.
the
It is
is peculiarl
that
the
afford
turn
to
in mind
asset.
fact
the
figuresreveal
in their
which
Bear
memorization
difficulty.The
easy
to
of Abstract
reprobated
the
mental
described
in
photography
the
detail,
of ideas is to be shunned
from
the
standpoint of
scientific
memorizing. The devious ruses
of mnemonics
are
commonly
inefficient,
C115]
A
Perfect
burdensome
of
lumber.
They
ideas
and
in
return
of the
since
sole
resort
it is the
system
[ii6]
of
.
do but
set
.
concrete
of
the
weird
most
energy
Concentration
.
the
Such
merely mental
makes
waste
disorder.
in
own
baneful.
and
weaving
Memory
is,and
must
successful
tressin
dis-
the brain
on
alizatio
visu-
remain,
memory,
precisefollowingof nature's
operation.
VII
Part
Dates
Concerning
N
the
of
matter
the
dates,
He
best
be
to
in
with
figures. This
just described
is of
in
easy
to
sort
well.
to
use
in
afford
With
this device
instances
little
for
I have
agreeable
an
it is
particular,and
a
seem
may
reality,the
doing of it, and
in its every
as
most
the
a
it,but,
nearly,
aid
if
tion
opera-
est
inter-
extremely
very
experience, one
the
jects,
ob-
or
required
in which
way
or
ployed
em-
the
work
of
the
in
consonants
show
manner
from
cumbersome
only
that
those
are
the
word
a
object
concrete
the
which
on
remembered,
combination
representing
must
symboHzing
something
words
help
concentration
in
fact
remembering
simple
learns
of memory
not
quite,
C117]
in
as
A
quickly as
Perfect
could
one
with
date
familiar
student
association
the
be
shall
the
by
I
of
treatise:
this
a
of
by
of
in the process.
in 1492.
all of
of the
this
of
picturesof
in this
to
each
selected,if you
then,
as
forming
C118]
of my
readers.
please.
Fix
the
first
object to
the
group
for the
on
be
that
the
case
serve
which
necessary
There
memory.
especiallyfamiliar picturewhich
board
on
ship,which
voyager
known
there
us,
in the visualization
act
covery
dis-
the
picture is certainlyvivid enough to
concrete
our
as
a
object on
purpose
for
But
explanation
by Columbus,
memory
concentrate
centration
con-
illustration which
an
indefatigable
explorer,and
to
hope,
visualizations.
schooldays of
the
survives
principle
then, take for example,
us,
ticular
par-
is now,
specific
steps
of America
From
the
ideas, induced
use
forth the
set
Let
down
fashion
satisfactory
most
must
of
concrete
on
the
which
the
to
write
pencil. The
a
is that
involved
Memory
is
shows
is
one
the
probably
Let
this be
the voyager,
regarded in
mental
photo-
Concerning Dates
See
graph.
to
distinct.
regard. The
can
be
the
record, and
no
result
the
is
must
is
.
conditions,
a
fritter away
second, and
be distressed
not
good bit
a
of any
individual
learningthingsof
wasted.
never
word
second
in this
tration
particularilluswill be found more
diverting,since
affords scope
for personal ingenuity.
There
step
remains
of
that shall
task the formation
our
1492
the
^, Ty py
absolute
consumed
by and
an
This
n.
knowledge,
in
a
so
effort
signs
should
that
to
no
for
that
apparent
required consonant
or
of
signifythe date itself. On
examination, it becomes
or
.
you
in
for
Such
.
need
spent
him
there
you
time
entire
on
proper
in consideration
The
it
concentration
Under
outset
this
picture,else there
in consequence
But
The
value
with
requirethe fraction of
of time
case.
failure in
show
mental
proper
more.
if at
no
lutely
image is abso-
failure of memory.
a
it would
no
Make
must
first step.
the
the
man
in the
clearness
it that
t^
are
be
now
time
remember
[119]
is
the
Perfect
A
various
consonants
of the
Arabic
exercise
Memory
that
the figures
interpret
must
Forthwith, we
code.
faculty of invention
our
of
construction
word
a
words
or
in
the
that
shall
contain
the
only the consonants
corresponding
whatever
be
this number, 1492,
may
vowels included,or the aspirate,
the
or
Wy
ox
to
The
y.
importance
remembered,
My
to
though this
the
this
the letters
That
will
serve
record
Let
with
it be
a
magnitude
[120]
ever
sidered
con-
such
wise,
word
the
our
brow
ban.
tur-
in
man,
mental
of Columbus
richness
an
the
to
camera
So, for
the
in
for
next
let
a
us
turban.
trulyimposing,one
a
it
establishing
control of memory,
turban
and
a
for
is necessary
in its pictureform.
the
n.
singleword is enough, and
capitally,since it permits
procedure in
swathe
I
in
instantlysuggest
eff'ect for the
group
^, and
strained,for,
that
particulardate
that
manner
little
be
must
r, ^, or
first time
association
intimate
the
J,
ty or
are
vital
such
it
scheme,
our
ingenuity is
own
of
consonants
the
of
most
a
A
When
tion.
Perfect
unfold
we
find within
not
Gaekwar
of
it
that
than
the
store
as
something
jewels: the fact
the year,
"
available
have
to
as
is better
stone, since
they
of the man,
which
The
n.
the low-caste
within
in such
memory
always instantly
the bits of
shining
stature
the
something beyond
and
Gaekwar
in
abilityto
increase the actual
is
us
retain
wrapped
them
of the flawed
power
This
would
we
than
But
preciousto
in
thingswith precision
fashion
by
worn
any
more
^,
ioned
fash-
have
we
the
potentates.
1492,
i, r,
consonants,
do
we
jewels of
as
gorgeous
find
memory
turban
its fabric the
sybariticalof
most
do
we
that
Baroda, though
be
to
Memory
ill-cut gems
loves
twider the control of will
dearly.
so
of
simple performance
a
means
which
mental
much.
.
.
.
act
It
the development of the mind under
signifies
is the supreme
conscious control,which
a
/distinction
offered to man
by his Creator,
few
/though
y separates
brutes.
[122]
avail themselves
them
so
of the
tremendously
giftthat
from
the
Concerning Dates
gain both entertainment
and pictures
in working out words
and profit
similarlyfor the establishingof important
fact of the application
The
dates.
very
will
student
The
in
involved
puzzle of
continuously changing
the
choice
to
as
result
must
in certitude
in the various
instances.
in
that
mind,
no
too,
relation
thus
It
there
renders
in the
the effect
absolutely
the
naturally between
his head
be borne
must
in the
pictures. Probably, Columbus
turban.
a
Nevertheless, the
on
mentally
of memory
needs
paired for association
presence
concrete
attention
thingssought gives that
which
various
the
objects
mental
never
fact
mental
wore
of
its
graph
photo-
strikingthan
more
something quite natural and
familiar,justbecause of the unexpectedness
in such a conjunctionof the inappropriate.
if it
were
Always,
the brain
the
emphasis
thus
association
of
secured
the
permanency
picture by
memory.
in the
by
a
impressionon
purely artificial
incongruous tends
in the
The
retention
memory
ward
to-
of the
really
C 123 ]
A
is much
of
Perfect
like the
of
rest
us
:
it Hkes
pleasurableexcitement, is
the
over
task.
tame
should
task
be
Without
!
torment
a
there
word
You
to
of
depends
truth.
"
fit a
of
memorizing,
in witness
search
consonants
of this
in vain for
woven
Never
requireddate.
the date.
will remember
over
of
matter
anomaly
Suppose you
combination
some
the
be
to
as
basic
a
an
truth.
.
is
this
In
comes
.
that
Any
feels interest is pleasurone
able.
interest,work is a tedium,
in which
work
fashioned
so
balk
to
prone
It is obvious
That
interest.
on
its quota
itself. Concentration
in
interest
a
Memory
In that
the unsuccessful
into
mind.
centration
con-
there
effort,
preciselythe stimulus for work required
didly,
by the brain,and the brain responds splenis
that
so
/The
groping
means
that
the
in
in that
In that
which
[124]
vain,
if
of itself
concentration
will be assured.
memory
earnest
memory
particularinstance,at
I have
tinued,
con-
concentration, and
will insure
elaboration
and
fect
per-
least.
of the artificialmemory
earlier in this book
con-
Concerning Dates
demned
made
futile,efforts
as
toward
between
in
sound,
or
vital
the
is forever
which
has
concrete,
proper
In
been
escaping
the
nections
con-
memory,
force
exactness.
essential
fashion
of
the
to
the
for recollection.
of the mind
consequence,
the
visualization
no
after the
working
at
tion
connec-
in such
point
requiresas its prime
There
some
of similarities
thingsby means
similarities in
by superficial
Alas!
sense.
devisingof
the
frantically
are
be
must
memory
best,totallyinoperativeat
certain
un-
worst.
The
to be employed successfully
singlemethod
is,and must
always be in this stage of
human
development, that of visualization
of the
In
the law of association.
under
concrete
it,the relation,or
relation,between
the
the lack
objects to
two
pairedin the mental view is of
it may
at all,save
as
concern
of the
the
no
imagination'spicturein
objectsfor
the mind's
combinations
inasmuch
as
an
are,
outrageous
of natural
camera.
be
importance
the vividness
the
posing of
lous
Ridicu-
ijideed,welcome,
of
juxtaposition
C125]
Perfect
A
inconsistent
two
to
arouse
of
the
objects is
of
a
coloringin
effect
produced
of
on
that
by an event
amusing. I have
the
perilof
episodesmy
in detail.
another
indelible
in the
memory
is almost
enduring effect
to
the
the
to
a
is
at
readilysecured
as
times
been
exposed
of such
violent death, and
there
is,naturally,exact
subsists
in my
which
happening
vivid in the mental
like
merely extravagantly
recollection
Yet,
ments
mo-
The
peculiarhorror.
some
interest
picture.
referred hitherto
I have
the
of outlines and
vividness
the
the part
on
usuallyintently,
means
consequent
calculated
well
particularattention
observer, and to hold
pleasurably,which
with
Memory
is
picture,though
ory
mem-
equally
this
was
ridiculous.
something only bizarre and
is sufficient
That combination, nevertheless,
for memory,
enforces
must
ever
since
it rivets
concentration.
remember
For
the
the
attention,
that
incident
reason,
with
I
a
precisionequal to that with which I recall
periods fraught with the issues of life or
[126]
Concerning
death.
Simply,
occurrence
was
Dates
incongruity
enough to compel
is the
why
the abstract
than
abstractions.
on
for
on
cannot
we
this
In
mind
given
was
Therefore, a record
endure
must
I
which
as
for
there
centered
set
was
few
a
in my
of my
seconds.
brain
the brain
long as
centrate
con-
episode
absurdity. Every attention
an
their
rather
interest
whole
laughter,my
centration
con-
The
concrete
is because
the
centration
con-
of memory.
whole
requirethe
we
a
And
absolutelycomplete.
reason
of
the
that
tissues
depend for consciousness
on
retain
organism alive.
I tell the story
hope;
to
amuse
instruct
to
students,I
some
all, since
illustrate the value
in
it
to
serves
crous
memorizing of ludi-
associations.
While
I
was
living in Green
often
in
Hyde
summer
Early one
chair,hidden from
At
that
passers-by,and
I
Park
of
day, I was
the path by
hour, there
was
Mayfair,
street,
rather
morning.
sittingin a
a
beries.
shrub-
some
few
were
astonished
C
127
to
]
Perfect
A
Memory
very
aristocratic
along,for
all the others
observe
a
gentleman
had
been
ing
stroll-
men
work-
clerks
going to their employment.
of remarkable
This gentleman was
dignity,
or
in his
both
a
garb and in his bearing. He had
face,of deep gravity. He looked an
fine
ideal duke.
he
that
To
was
this
him.
in his
am
of the
someone
he
position. Suddenly,
about
I
day,
There
that
convinced
highest
glanced sharply
very
something furtive
was
provoked
curiosity.
Evidently, he thought himself unobserved,
for I was
hidden behind the screen
of foliage,
and
manner
there
was
no
then,
picked
him
from
up
One
bag.
paper
"
raised the
grinned
he
else in
one
sight.
stantly
In-
gentleman stooped, and
the path a small, empty
other
bag
with
exploded it
report.
the
my
a
glance he
to
his
brisk
cast
about
lips,inflated it,
handclap, and
in
boyish delight at the sharp
Having thrown the bag from him,
went
sedately,and now,
his expressionwas
only a splendid
his
on
again,in
dignity.
[128]
.
way
That
.
.
startlingcontrast
be-
Part
Concerning
VIII
and
Names
NE
of
in
the
is
reality,
in that
direction,
politiciansand
not
the
known
out
made
if
Nevertheless,
business
the
far
as
is
It
[130]
again,
all
prime
is
success.
passing
is
for
the
any
is
always
requisite
imperative
When
name
throng.
sake
of
or
all,
simple enough.
itself
as
better
every
remember
name
the
memory,
for
the
would,
one
the
concentration
of
of
of attainment
method
As
with
cessity
ne-
with
case
folk would
memory
pleasure,
or
is the
as
kings, most
encumber
peculiar
some
In
unless
however,
be
of
names
casually.
met
persons
inability
an
the
remember
there
defects
commonest
memory
to
Faces
as
concerned,
in
of
the
matters
plishment.
accom-
tion
condi-
introduced
to
Concerning Names
the
for
it is
it
often
so
fail
hesitation
no
it should
will
displayof
in requesting
repeated clearly.
sary
lacking in the neces-
is
profferyour
in person.
Such
sisten
in-
give offense,since the
never
is
interest
on
If,
be
the stranger
to
it.
understand
to
distinctness of utterance,
request
hear
to
sure
happens, you
introducer
If the
Listen
spoken, be
have
distinctly,
that
Faces
consciously
of the stranger'sname.
utterance
When
as
attentive.
be
anyone,
and
pliment
unequivocal com-
an
part, and
your
one
that
will
uniformly appreciatedby its recipient.
These directions may
seem
absurdly simple
the student, but they are by no means
to
be
to
disregarded. In
be
been
amazed
by
inattention
in the
matter
have
I have
often
heard
from
those
memory
ever
actuallyheard
ransacked
memory.
have
been
the
prevalence of
of introductions.
complaints of a
who, I knew, had
the
name
I have
objurgationsagainsta
should
observations,I
my
poor
for which
heard
memory
poor
not
they
countless
which
againstsheer heedlessness.
C131]
Perfect
A
Memory
So, remember, please,to
hear
to
and
attention,and
pay
understand
the
of
name
stranger who is to be remembered.
For the second step in an exact
it is necessary,
when
memory,
addressingthe stranger
in
Make
greeting,to repeat the name.
particularpoint of pronouncing
"vith elaborated
of attention
in the effort has
mind
that
distinct
such
in
name
stranger's
is
well
as
you
his
as
take
vital effect
a
the
tion.
concentra-
bear
in
employment of
the
to
acknowledging the
duction
intro-
of
your
leave of the stranger, repeat
Concentrate
words:
plainlyand
again,very
once
with conscious
distinctly,
same
especial attention
In other
firmly,
requirementof good breeding
Finally,when
good memory.
a
yet
name
a
emphasis
in
memory
it
The
exactness.
strengtheningthe
Incidentally,it is well
on
the
with
person'sname,
pains, with
as
the
before.
.
your
mind
.
.
on
the full intention of
and you will !
remembering it
As to the face,the affair is even
"
since
most
[132]
of
us
remember
simpler,
faces
quite
Concerning Names
readily. But
is
instance,the
form
if it possess
necessary
liminary
pre-
particulardistinction
a
for
remarkable
sufficiently
choose
may
a
purpose.
or
a
hare-lip,
a tusk-tooth,
a
or
wen,
the
twisted
eyebrow, or
singularity.The uglierthe thing,the
a
or
scar,
any
better
"
unlucky
counsel
for your
memory,
possessor
of it.
I
for the
not
by
no
means
ing
unpardonable rudeness of starnecessary.
deformity. Staringis quite un-
a
If the stranger
will
you
if
the
at
in
remain
great
if
it, even
see
Then, during
use
ferent.
radicallydif-
memorizing is the selection
notable feature in the face,or in the
some
You
Faces
the
to
of
method
the
In this
and
the
the
deformity,
altogetherpolite.
a
interval of time
of
that you
the
stranger,
consider this chosen peculiarity,
company
to
care
has
and, also,to exaggerate it ifnecessary.
Cromwell
bade
the portrait-painter
who
would
nose
have
to
omitted
exaggerate
wart
on
the ruler's
it in the
render
I go
the
a
the
picturewith
little farther,and bid
disfigurement.
A
actness.
ex-
you
very
[133]
A
Perfect
Memory
strikingpoint of beauty
it
be
must
dimples
something
While
stranger, make
a
until
on
mind's
your
act
your
And,
assuredly. That
It takes
That
results.
attention
order
to
[134]
to
picture,
you,
aginati
guidesim-
consider the caricature,
you
to
prime
the
takes
time,
virtue
of it.
matter
why it achieves
give no time
face and
stranger's
forgetthem.
The
and
name
need
the
careful
a
of the
process
is the
reason
You
wholly
before
person
of will that
This
attention
is the
that
on
association
of it.
owner
and
intentness,with
resolve toward
the
as
are
you
yourselfthe person'sname
repeat to
certain
a
with
the face
consideration
concrete,
realityin the
perfectedby
of the
grosslyenlarged,
all else, dominating
Concentrate
distinctive.
limpid,
feature
something sharply
based
pictureof
personality. Thus,
presenting for
than
in the presence
it overshadows
whole
the
unusual
more
mental
selected
the
well,but
as
curving scarlet lips or
or
lustrous eyes.
with
will do
method
in hand.
excellent
and
name
no
in
I have
Concerning Names
forth
set
You
requires that
and
spend time
Faces
and
In
energy.
quence,
conse-
an
get the required result
The attention bestowed
memory.
you
accurate
in
"
wise
such
While
the
insures
That
some
rare
instance
out.
Attention
The
process
is the
concentration
are
in the
reason
individual
means
nothing unusual
is
clue
the
by
to
if in
stands
success.
provides
interest compels attention,
of
mold
means
always. Royalties
memory
remembering of
not
me
concentration, and
usually notable
is
even
memory,
indicated
interest,and
The
memory.
searching for an especial
to remember, you
are
concentrating
all
stranger'spersonal appearance
the time:
which
exact
an
are
you
feature
on
heed.
give
you
far
to
for their
names
seek.
aptitudeto which
and
ity
abilfaces.
It lies in
they
are
no
born.
Simply, the exigenciesof their station make
it a fitting
that they should
qualification
possess
remarkable
memory
of those
with
whom
in contact, even
the most
they come
transitory. So, the art of attention is
[135]
A
Perfect
carefullycultivated
abilityto
remember
royal business.
In
other
Memory
in this direction.
folk is
C136]
is
is thus
practised
The
habitual.
.
peasant.
of the
Therefore, it is learned.
words, concentration
until it becomes
memory
part
a
The
achieved
.
.
for
fect
per-
prince or
A
that
aware
the
only
for
the
that
of
cannot
retain.
on
a
should
vivid, with
way
is
plain
tration
concen-
the
this
ory
originalmem-
is made
strong
vital tendency toward
,
step in the
second
The
to
remember
throughout
means,
a
permanency.
much,
wish
be first the
realized in consciousness
and
deeps
lose
to
the
much
so
By this
treatise.
It
which
visualization,
on
concrete
insisted
I have
lose.
things we
and
remember,
There
enough.
to
desire
we
iJVhatever
should
is often
"
far that will
so
It is well
lose those
it is ill to
"
"
rely
to
in the
somewhere
it.
summon
life
learn, we
we
being, but it is lost
our
able
are
we
concerns
concealed
be
we
which
on
Much
may
but
one
Memory-
ordinary consciousness
our
usual
weak.
of
Perfect
of
perfecting
ory
mem-
making of the transient record
This subject,
more
lastingin its nature.
therefore,I treat under the heading, "The
is the
Preservation
successful
that
we
[138]
of
use
Knowledge,'' since
depends
our
The
learn.
.
.
.
retention
sole
secret
on
its
of all
of the
Preservation
The
each
whereby
process
of
Knowledge
shall be
memory
made^iduring lies
i^rgpetijtjija-.
in
and
word
If
review
must
the
the
information
of the
recesses
an
instance
instead of
There
are
knows.
in bed
familiar
disastrously
/
toz-tftte
"
to
many
"
frettingand scaringsleepfurther
afield,let the
the
brain-cells.
is wide-awake
one
stored within
plenty, heaven
opportunities a
When
single
a
rememberpermanently,we
would
we
firmed
con-
of insomnia
victim
wooing of Morpheus
goddess of wisdom
it be not wisdom,
"
to
that of Minerva,
for memory,
is the
things known, which
brings forth truth, which
though
of it.
source
of
from
turn
is memory,
Out
one
is wisdom.
So,
the
of the night,instead of counting
vigils
take stock
sheep jumping over the stile,
of
your
in the
mind^s
things therein.
dismiss,others
over
You
the
good.
will
exercise
to
learn
Consider
resources.
Some
you
Bid
soon
of them
should
you
the worthless
take stock of your
it is
should
Gloat
treasure.
that
the
avaunt.
no
mean
mind, which,
[139]
Perfect
A
after
all,is the
is
that
The
values
a
I
of
that
one
There
man.
of
art
well
analysis
for the
as
measuring
makes
for
nent
perma-
morality
kind.
writinga treatise
morals, so I must
am
tract
on
of
the methods
to
certain
soul,as
habit
is
of the best
Alas!
a
for the
good
memory.
not
of the
measure
in the process
comes
Memory
all discussion
memory,
hark
remembering, and
back
eschew
of the
the merits
to
as
on
things
be remembered.
to
counsel
I offer my
have
restless
not
only to those that
There
couches.
little
are
the best
opportunity for even
of sleepers. Sometimes, there is a period of
intervals of
waiting at
station
a
the restaurant,
before
the
minutes
the
one
a
is
the
permanent
among
my
the circumstances
[140]
from
the wheat
in
those
review, for
the
wheat, and
that shall make
thingo There
readers
in
likelyto elapse
for mental
tares
scrutinyof
Even
brought, and
chance
a
is
time
some
food
of
sifting
for the
it
is
for the train.
who,
is not
on
single
reviewing
a
of his life critically,
could
discern
not
of his
own
mental
stores.
course,
has
farm, of
the
on
Knowledge
opportunitiesa plenty for
examination
man
of
Preservation
The
such
The
time
a
the farm,
on
plenty. That is why the man
a
class,is always a mighty factor in the
as
such
thought. The
of
world
he has
that
and
so,
a
kotow
to
the farmer.
reason
class
too
that
busy
in
he shall try
what
reallydoes
effort
so
to
not
begins,or,
ends.
his
thinking,
surface
the
kotow
never
to
for the
cars,
conductors
taking fares
to
as
a
think
lective
anything beyond change, and their coltion.
situathought is nil in the political
reader will wonder
Perhaps, some
It
for
spare
They
of the
excellent
of
to
perforce,he does think, if he possesses
normal
brain.
So, the politicians
the conductors
are
time
of his tasks is
nature
own
that
One
should
remember
for that
and
matter,
remember
then
good things
the
evil
are
are
of his life.
where
much
matter
experience,and
the
out
as
the
where
%it
everything in
discriminate,
made
lasting,
ever-
rejectedfor all
eternity.
[141]
A
Let
^ But
true.
I have
the
of
with
the
developments
that
trap for
not
work,
those
much
so
Yet, followingthose rules,it
find
a
since it will
compulsion
forth
set
ory,
mem-
always found
better than
no
studenti
under
I believe
subconscious
tested it,and
it is
the ambitious
save
last,that
wonderful
the
for I have
it
Memory
confess, at
me
fully in
Perfect
rules
insistence.
is
amazing to
are
possible.
thus
Working
legitimately,
anything
be recalled. \ With
concentration,day
may
after
of
seemingly forgottenscene
day, on some
will be recalled
boyhood, the whole scene
finally in
a
concentration
It
is
perfection of
on
efforts
toward
bring
out
h*urs
a
brings
memory
amazing
indeed
how
The
a
repeated
of
haze
clearly outlined
J^
memory
particulartheme
one
from
detail.
will
forgotten
as
of
wide
in
man
of
memory
yesterday.
let
And
'
In
many
an
none
mistake!
experiencethat
has
countries, I have
met
reallyextraordinarymemory
[142]
been
no
who
has
not
made
review
mental
of
habit
a
of
Preservation
The
the
thus
Knowledge
bringing
held within
treasures
archives of the mind.
"
the
,
.
.
forth
in
the
Repetitionsare
of permaiiejicy.
only do such repetitionsserve
secret
m^i^
Not
make
each
therein
tion,
addi-
facultyof causing the
smoothly, and
machinery to run
lies a very largeportionof the perfect
they
mental
In
permanent.
memory
to
have
the
Repetitiaas",jnakethe
memory.
facts
in
to
mysterious fashion readilyaccessible
that they are
answerable
so
memory,
to
the
some
mental
the
the
call of the
processes,
effect of
will.
I find that
causing new
multitudinous
Under
assert
each
whole
orderly and
its contents,
over
naturally and
all of
us
direction of each
the
subjectsof
more
remarshaling.
the
groupings among
by
various
themselves
analysisof
have
repetitions
my
matters
memorized
artificially
the
In
As
mind
tition,
repe-
recollection
harmoniously
the
on
continue,
repetitions
secures
beautiful
which
stantly.
con-
an
ingly
increas-
arrangement
of
the will rules with
[143 ]
A
Perfect
Memory
unquestioned,tranquilauthority,tin such
into possession
of fullyconcentrated
wise, one comes
thought, admirable
and
simplicityof
in its
dignityand
C144]
its movements,
powen
/
in
the
ease
splendid