Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-04-21
WONDERS OF MEMORY.
Freak Nrutaiites That Seem Not 10
FORGET Anything Once Learned.


Forget Anything once Learned.
CFror the chicago Inter ocean,
Writers on psychology and philosophy
have cited many examples Of prodigious
memory. No doubt some Of these are OK
aE-erations. others are fabulous. and
only a comparative few admit Of vrrif-
cation An Investigator has found three
cases so well authenticated that they
may he used to illustrate the wonderful
power Of weli-cultivated memory In a
mind OF strong native endowment. In
each instance. too. this remarkable re-
tentiNeness seems in no way TO have re-
wa % tea. her of great power and a most
prolific writer. More than half of the
45 ouarto Volumes Of mat hema ties pub
lisLcd hy the - Petersburg Academy be-
tween i7g and l7& were from his pen.
at nis death bc left more than 800 manu-
script treatise
IN the later vars Of his lite I've was
totally blind Then, ami probably earlier,
too nc carried IN his memory IL table of
the rr.t .N rorers of the series %
natural plumbers mp to- 100" It Is re-
lated that on ore oc1tsion two OF his
students attempted e calculate q con
yrrEins series
e., .ho. ,,,,.,.ssed tbo,. eound AZ.
agr,cMtu. f.. f'-ir result. These differ
ed 10y 81 uuj at ,o 10Th figure. Tho ques-
ton was referred to Hller who decided
to make tie caltunth'n. lie did this
mental, and his result vas found to be
correct
it wa oot only in mathematics that
Euler saw. proof Of prodisiOus mem
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