Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-11-13
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NrlIuu- Mental Feat.


N.iIou. Mental fest-
Prom tue London standard
OF modern historians, Lord Macaulay',
memory il famous TO all, many interesting
Instances oi which are related by Mr.. IRE
Yelyan. Thus we are told how he could
rortte not only the whole OF " Paradise Lost,
hn, Richardson's great prtze romance, "Sil
Charles Grandson" work OF prodIgiou.
size As 1t has been truly sad, "His mind
Ike dredging net Al the bottom Of the sea
took up all that Il encountered, both bad and
good, nor even seemed 10 feel the burden.
In short, 80 nicely WAS his memory stored
ihat la a list OF kings or popes, or sem ior
"tangIeTs or prime ministers, or battles OF
palaces, or a. TO tho houses In Pail Mall OF
about Leicester square, he might he followed
with Implicit COnudeDra.
Lord Nelson, Ike beorge Ill, II may be
rcm0W berCd, never forgot "A face that hs had
0uro seen. During L visit to Salisbury In
DeCem bcr, !s-n, he recognized one sailor
among tho crowd who had assisted AT the
amputstion OF his arm after the usucressfuI
attack on Santa Cruz Str Walter Scott had
wonderfully retontive memory, two strik
ing illustrations Of which are recorded
- bis having repeated tho whole OF Camp
h"iI. " Pleasures OF Hope, after only twice
pursuing Il; aud the other, OF his going
through tho whole OF a ballad three wears
alter ho had first heard II. Byron also had a
very tn" memory, and often astonirhed his
friends by the versatility OF his knowledge
Andrew Fuller after hearing i've hundred
lines twice, could repeat them without q mis-
tab 1t - said that ho could repeat verbatim
II sermon or speech, aud could tell either
backward or forward every shop sign from
lbs IcIuPia To the extreme snd of Cheapside
aud tho articles displayed In each OF them.
Fos0n memory YVES so retentivs that he
once remarked IL was a source OF misery to
him, a. he could never forget anything even
what no wished not to remember Some
idea Ct his memory may bs gathered from
the idCt that he could repeat several OF
ShARe-peareS plays, not to mention his eN-
iensiv0 acquaintance with the Greek and
Roman classics. In short, 80 marvellous
was his memory that there were fe W subjects
concerning which hs was no, able to illus.
trat" his knowledge by quotations from the
writings ui bis own and other countries.
The laLe Professor tOnnington could reCite
the works ot Virgil and Horace from begin.
nlng TO end. Thompson, like Fuller, could
tel! the names, trades and particulars of
every shop from Ludgate Hin to Piccadilly.
" oodgaIo was noted for his powers OF
memory, and ono feat he WAS noted for WAS
carrying In his head debate and repeatjng
II a fortnight after.
Another remaI kshle man was Antonio
hdRilabechi, librarian To CosmO | l. grand
duke of Florence. lie possessed such a mar.
VellOuS memory that his head was once
styled "a universal index both of titles aud
matter CA ono occasion the grand duke
sent tor him 10 ask whether he could get "A
certain book that was very scarce. "No,
sir" answered Magl!aheChi, without a
moments hesitation, "it impossible. Your
highne~ treasury would Dot purchase It for
YOu, for there Is bat ono in tho world. That
~ IN the grand sguors library At Constants.
nOple, and Is tho seventh book on the right
hand side as you 60 in." Once more, II has
been remarked how ocCasiOna ly some trif-
ing occurrence will carry the memory back
and recall incipents Of bygOne years There
day strange house suddenly remembered
some iact connected with his childhood
which had taken place forty years before
ta discovered that the room in which he was
standing was hung with paper oi a peculiar
nursery walls