National Republican., 1877-04-29
THE UNITT CLUE.
An Essay Upon Memory. Read by Ms Dr.
Faust

An Essay Upon memory. Read By Ms Dr.
Fanxt-
A large number of the members Of tie Cri7y
Club and their friends met At the rosidesos ol
ID. MeEween. sS2 FRA street After the xen-
cral business was concluded, Presidenf Fila; L.
trotucei Rev. A J. Faust, PhD-. and his tai
ented lady, the latter Of whom proceeded to read
the essay Of the evening, enfitlsd -Genory.-
written BY DIR. FAnst, and The audience was h.l1
in the closest attcntioa for an hour iszeaing to
mastery treatment Of this interesting toSse of
mental science, Of which Rogers says
Thought and her shadewy hrov thy ca: obey,
And place and time are suhieet to thy sway
After mAkinga hTief aIlasi6n to the hsadea
powers Of nemary and the mysteries q iis nra-
tai n ocesses, the cssaytsf unmarried his views
under three heads, as philosophical, Pietortal
And professional memory. and u.eer each of these
lustratiGns running through many ooatlriss; in
fact, making an epitOne Of the ibo1gh. ef the
ages spOn tbis ahstruse and yet very practical
The views Of HamiiiGa, Red. Stewart and
others vera weighed, even 10 the cid ArahiKa
philosopher, ArieennA- who adyaaoed the iheozy
Of the irrAdiation cf divine light threask uhSeh
the recovered cogaition Is infused into the fnteI-
lect. Striking Instances of mensry were sirea
Magliabicsse, Pascal LeisafiI. Ealtr saa oShsrs
as examples Of the power Of tbs fAeIiiy- or
Magliaoieehe, the Librarian Of DosncO Ill u is
related that when the GrAo1 Duke inquired 81
him 10 he could procure q copy Of q hosk uhtsA
had become extremely rare, he reFliee= lit Is In
possible, for there is hat one IN the worlds that Is
In the Grand Segniors library At Constaltfnople.
and is the seventh book On The seventh fhelf "a
the right hand as you enter II is shie that
when \ Flsrentine auther lost = valuable cid
manuscript Nagliabioehe reIrodaoed the whele
Of Il word for word from mensry.
In tho detail OF . eaaversAtion eetreen the e.
sayist and the late Senator sumner was giren a
description Of tho Senltors Spending q day with
Lord Nacauley nt the county seat Of Lard StA1-
hope. Among other pleasant tits of literary
ehit-chat about the bIflfianf essAyIst a,d h,<1o-
ran, Mr.. Sumner especially remarked lpoa the
iron tenacity Of his memory. Maeaaley seems
never to have forgotten anything IN the donail
Of literature. Sumner hm.elf uak not . Whit
behind the English peer IN this renarksnie
faculty. An instance was given In the staienenf
that when Hon. 5. 5. Cox, lev years age. uas
pufIle 10 get the exAet qaothtt0n from Virgil
that he desired TO use, he cent pnge over 10 M.
Sumner In the Senate ehnnt ter, giving him . clas
wrote en- pAper and ssnt bach ths qaStatisl.
"GHosIfsI haee RhGd6 nGHfkEI kEk6.
dGrissins figEG,
CoSftedfqRe, sHSngHe GSlsE."
The essay closed with n beAufifal QnstA;io1
from Whittier upon the so-eAiled memsry o5 a
pre-eXistsnt State, Of which one stAnIa IL giyea
''One sharp, tall break ASoFe then all
Clear into sunlight sPrang.
] say the river Of ny dream
The mountains that sang
Amer the essay, quite q pleasant dise1.ac1
upon the topics was participated In.hy Pref
Banmgraus. DIR. Faust, Col0Del Flri, Nj
Hutehinsop. and others-