two C's and then two H's lead him into Castor Road, Cottman Street, Haynes

Street and Henry Street, so important points in your address may be fixed in

mind by arbitrary symbols invented by yourself. The very work of devising the

scheme is a memory action. The psychological process is simple: it is one of

noting intently the steps by which a fact, or a truth, or even a word, has come

to you. Take advantage of this tendency of the mind to remember by association.

 

_Repetition_ is a powerful aid to memory. Thurlow Weed, the journalist and

political leader, was troubled because he so easily forgot the names of persons

he met from day to day. He corrected the weakness, relates Professor William

James, by forming the habit of attending carefully to names he had heard during

the day and then repeating them to his wife every evening. Doubtless Mrs. Weed

was heroically longsuffering, but the device worked admirably.

 

After reading a passage you would remember, close the book, reflect, and repeat

the contents--aloud, if possible.

 

_Reading thoughtfully aloud_ has been found by many to be a helpful memory

practise.

 

_Write what you wish to remember._ This is simply one more way of increasing the

number and the strength of your mental impressions by utilizing _all_ your

avenues of impression. It will help to fix a speech in your mind if you speak it

aloud, listen to it, write it out, and look at it intently. You have then

impressed it on your mind by means of vocal, auditory, muscular and visual