The Secret of a Good MemoryD. Bogue, 1880 - 80 pages |
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... and of ideas presented to it— even without our knowledge . The record is in- delible so long as the corpuscles themselves last , or are capable of reproducing others which shall be the B 2 What it is , and how it works . 3.
... and of ideas presented to it— even without our knowledge . The record is in- delible so long as the corpuscles themselves last , or are capable of reproducing others which shall be the B 2 What it is , and how it works . 3.
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... knowledge with which they had not previously been credited ; and it throws some light on the fact that there is little originality in the world , and that men and women with the most innocent intentions repeat their own ideas and those ...
... knowledge with which they had not previously been credited ; and it throws some light on the fact that there is little originality in the world , and that men and women with the most innocent intentions repeat their own ideas and those ...
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... knowledge or the performance of a behest of the will . The intellectual packman , who carries his stock - in - trade with him , is not so high in the scale of mind - growth as the expert and cultivated thinker , who knows where to look ...
... knowledge or the performance of a behest of the will . The intellectual packman , who carries his stock - in - trade with him , is not so high in the scale of mind - growth as the expert and cultivated thinker , who knows where to look ...
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... knowledge is concerned . The man who appre- hends most readily by ear should not , as a rule , take notes of what he wishes to remember , at least at the time of hearing a statement , whatever he may do afterwards ; while he who is not ...
... knowledge is concerned . The man who appre- hends most readily by ear should not , as a rule , take notes of what he wishes to remember , at least at the time of hearing a statement , whatever he may do afterwards ; while he who is not ...
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... a considerable and useful insight into his individual way of taking - in and storing information ; and on the basis of the self - knowledge thus acquired he will be able to determine which of his powers he 34 The Secret of a Good Memory .
... a considerable and useful insight into his individual way of taking - in and storing information ; and on the basis of the self - knowledge thus acquired he will be able to determine which of his powers he 34 The Secret of a Good Memory .
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30 Coloured Plates 300 Woodcuts ADelaide Kemble ADELAIDE NEILSON ascertain associated automatic faculty Balliol College Birds BOTANY brain cloth extra cloth gilt committing to memory connected consciousness Containing Crown 8vo cultivate Dates of Creation DAVID BOGUE Demy 4to Demy 8vo desired to remember E. A. SOTHERN employed exercise experiment fact Fcap FERNS Figures of Eighty formul¿ H. J. BYRON habit Health Primers HENRY POWER ideas Illustrated with numerous impressions J. E. TAYLOR J. L. TOOLE JOHN KNIGHTAGE learning Lecture London MANUAL Martin's Place mental method mind NATURAL HISTORY numerous Illustrations numerous Woodcuts object paper particular persons phantoms picture Plain and Easy PLEASANT Published annually R. A. PROCTOR reader recall received recollection record remembering by sound Royal 16mo SCIENCE GOSSIP Second Edition Series SHILLING sight or sound sight-phantoms sight-writer sound-phantoms sound-writer Species squares storing super-royal 8vo taking-in thought tin-foil tion Vols Volumes Woodcuts words writing from memory
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