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MEMORY
THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY BOOKS
By William Walker Atkinson
In the past few years a widespread mental and spiritual
awakening has taken place among the people of this country.
And this new awakening has been very aptly called THE
NEW PSYCHOLOGY MOVEMENT, because it has to do
with the development and expression of the mind, or soul, of
both the individual and the nation.
YOUR MIND AND HOW TO USE IT.
THE MASTERY OF BEING.
MEMORY: HOW TO DEVELOP, TRAIN
AND USE IT.
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SALESMANSHIP.
Although each book stands alone as an authority on the
subject treated, yet one idea runs through the series binding
them together to make a complete whole.
Uniform Postpaid Price of Each Volume is $1.60.
1919
Copyright 1912
By
BLIZABETH TOWtfE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
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8 Memory
Its Importance 11
12 Memory
Co:•ncerning Human
Understanding" has
clearly stated the difference between the
meaning of these several terms. He says:
"Memory is the power to revive again in our
minds those ideas which after imprinting,
have disappeared, or have been laid aside out
of sight— when an idea again recurs without
the operation of the like object on the exter-
nal sensory, it is remembrance; if it be
sought after by the mind, and with pain and
endeavor found, and brought again into
view, it is recollection." Fuller says, com-
menting on this "Memory is the power of re-
:
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18 Memory
20 Memory
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it is by
means of association that the stored away
records of the memory may be recovered or
re-collected. As Blackie says: "Nothing
helps the mind so much as order and classi-
fication. Classes are few, individuals many:
to know the class well is to know what is most
essential in the character of the individual,
and what burdens the memory least to re-
tain.' ' And as Halleck says regarding the
subject of association by relation: "When-
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28 Memoby
lines.
CHAPTER IV.
MEMORY SYSTEMS.
The subject of Memory Development is not
a new one by any means. For two thousand
years, at least, there has been much thought
devoted to the subject; many books written
thereupon; and many methods or "systems"
invented, the purpose of which has been the
artificial memory. Instead of
training of the
endeavoring to develop the memory by scien-
tific training and rational practice and exer-
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38 Memory
Memory Systems 41
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Memory Systems 45
46 Memory
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Memory Systems 47
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Subconscious Record File 49
54 Memory
Attention 59
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Attention 65
66 Memory
Attention 67
CHAPTEB VII.
ASSOCIATION.
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Association 71
would be impossible.'
All the best authorities recognize and teach
the importance of this law of association, in
connection with the memory. Abercombie
says: "Next to the effect of attention is the
remarkable influence produced upon memory
by association.
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Carpenter says: "The re-
cording power of memory mainly depends
upon the degree of attention we give to the
idea to be remembered. The reproducing
power again altogether depends upon the na-
ture of the associations by which the new
idea has been linked on to other ideas which
;
72 Memoby
74 Memory
76 Memory
Association 77
PHASES OF MEMORY.
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82 Memory
Phases of Memory 87
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96 Memory
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102 Memory
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122 Memory
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To Eemembee Places 131
132 Memory
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138 Memory
146 Memory
said :
'
' If I perform a sum mentally, it always
proceeds in a visible form in my mind; in-
deed, I can conceive of no other way possible
of doing mental arithmetic. '
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of business. But by far the better way to
/ memorize dates, special numbers connected
with events, etc., it to visualize the picture of
the event with the picture of the date or num-
ber, thus combining the two things into a
mental picture, the association of which will
be preserved when the picture is recalled.
Verse of doggerel, such as "In fourteen hun-
dred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the
ocean blue;" or "In eighteen hundred and
sixty-one, our country's Civil war begun,"
:
150 Memory
117,761,909
90,916,771
26,845,138
184
1+8+4= 13
171-9=19
156 Memoey
be used.
Another point to be remembered is that the
future association of a fact depends very
much upon your system of filing away facts..
for the day. The next day let him repeat the
verse learned the day before, and then let
him memorize a second verse in the same way,
and just as perfectly. Then let him review
the first and second verses together. This
addition of the second verse to the first serves
to weld the two together by association, and
each review of them together serves to add
a little bit to the weld, until they become
joined in the mind as are "A, B, C." The
third day let him learn a third verse, in the
same way and then review the three. Con-
tinue this for say a month, adding a new
verse each day and adding it to the verses
preceding it. But constantly review them
from beginning to end. He cannot review
them too often. He will be able to have them
flow along like the letters of the alphabet,
from "A" to "Z" if he reviews properly and
often enough.
Then, if let him be-
he can spare the time,
gin the second month by learning two verses
each day, and adding to those that precede
them, with constant and faithful reviews. He
will find thathe can memorize two verses, in
the second month, as easily as he did the one
To Remember Words, Etc. 183
184 Memoby
188 Memory
196 Memory
systems.
POINT VIII. Group your impressions.
This is but a form of association, but is
very important. If you can arrange your bits
of knowledge and fact into logical groups,
you will..always be master of your subject.
By associating your knowledge with other
knowledge along the same general lines, both
by resemblances and by opposites, you will
be able to find what you need just when you
need it. Napoleon Bonaparte had a mind
trained along these lines. He said that his
memory was like a large case of small drawers
and pigeon-holes, in which he filed his in-
formation according to its In order to
kind.
do this he used the methods mentioned in this
book of comparing the new thing with the old
ones, and then deciding into which group it
naturally fitted. This is largely a matter of
General Instructions 205
FINIS.
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