The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-02-01
TRAINING The MEMORY.


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counted for On The ground 81 special
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ter bssaa4 Of The use whieh their
owners made Of r1em Music also 5
. gift which n sone measure = pre-
serted 70 every human being FeE are
endowed with the gu 4 3 Wagner
o. q Mendelss91n- BAT snail indeed,
must be the natural gift q Inc person
who L unable 70 carry Old Hundred
? YANKEE Doodle The charge Of
Inability 20 sing o. remember lies not
70 often q the door 81 natars q Al the
door Of lnexeasable neglect Good us--
0ries should be the result 81 proper
use and consequent Development q
Moderate natural power. Surely
here : opportunity FOR fhs much
Beada1 plea II behalf Of memory
training No one need De alarmed
BIZ the fear @ oferdeFelep-eut
Of this particular faculty 70 he exelu-
sioa Of others Of equal Importance.
The proper training q 1eloy nee-
essarty involves the development Of
mind a. such. for i brings INTO use
the laws By which al Iaind really
ats ~0rse ore asks about the mem
orr Of the ancient AID the savage
These had no system. and get their
memory Is proFerbisl. This Is quite
true. The aaeieass. as a rale. did
possess good memories Poems con-
tanning thousands Of verses were hand
cd down IN memory through many
generations. TIE Indian SAYS God
gaYe i & white zaan q Eote book BE-
eanse he knew he could not HeGneEn
Der Sow. there Is more than one
explanation for these exceptional
memories. One reason lies IL the
fact that fever things occupied the
mind Neither The ancient nor the
savage busted himself about 50 May
things In a week a. 1he acreage
modern thinks OF IN a das. One i'm
Dortant principle In remembering i
70 think Of but two things ct once,
while the majority Of persons IL
these days seem 10 find It necessary 70
think Of about twenty things at a time
L i true. moreover, that many Of the
helps Of to-day are injurious TO the
memory. Our foretathcrs knew the
Bible By heart. We refer to the con-
cordance when We wish - find q pas
a Of Scripture. The Indian does not
recognize the fact that the pencil and
the notebook are largely responsible
for The white mans poor memory. No
uncompromising ~warfate is declared
against the notebook. Il has is place.
but it Is used entirely too much out Of
lis place. We should write toimprcss.
not TO remember. Napoleon. We are
told, wrote on a slip Of paper the name
he wished to remember and then threw
the paper away. He wrote 10 get the
impression through eye and hand, a
well as through ear. He threw the
paper away 50 that his memory would
be given the responsibility Of repro
duction. Memory IS rightly jealous Of
d~istrust, and she feels sighted when
the notebook IS resorted to in the most
trivial affairs. Memory the queen. yet
ON servant II We wiz, has been too
long displaced BY notebooks. alarm
clocks, and various other mechanical
contriyances. We must ask her par
don. We must assure her that there
has been no malice in our hearts. We
must take her Into our confidence,
treat her properly, and she will be
true TO Us. The great secret Of strength
Of memory in the savage and the
ancient lay in the Use Of the faculty.
This was not an intelligent use. 1t
was a necessary use. II you had asked
him how he remembered he would not
have been able 10 tell you. We should
use our minds intelligently. The realm
Of the possible in knowledge IS con-
t~inually widening, The realm Of the
possible in memory culture is surely
equal TO the realm Of the real in the
past. It is believed TO be vastly more
extensiye.-ProE Hilbert ". White. IN
G~aautauquaH.