Assimilative memory, or, How to attend and never forget / by A. Loisette.
- Loisette, A. (Alphonse)
- Date:
- 1899
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Assimilative memory, or, How to attend and never forget / by A. Loisette. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![NUMERIC THINKING. HOW TO NEVER FORGET FIGURES AND DATES. When my pupils have gained the quick perception and instantaneous apprehension which always reward the stu- dious use of In., Ex., and Con., they can, amongst other new achievements, always remember and never forget figures and dates. Pikes Peak^ the most famous in the chain known as the Rocky Mountains in America, is fourteen thousand one hundred and forty-seven feet high. Instantly, one who is trained in the use of In., Ex., and Con., perceives that there are two fourteens [Syn., In.] in these figures, and that the last figure is half of fourteen, or 7 In. by W. and P., making 14,147. Of course, one who is not practised in analogies, in discovering similarities and finding differences would not have noticed any peculiarity in these figures which would enable him to remember them. Few people ever notice any relations among numbers. But any possi- ble figures or dates always possess relations to the mind trained in In., Ex., and Con. Fujiyania, the noted volcano of Japan, is twelve thousand three hundred and sixty-five feet high. Does any pupil who has mastered the first lesson and who is expert in the use of In., Ex., and Con., fail to notice that here we have the disguised statement that the height of this mountain is expressed in the number of months and days of the year, 12,365 feet high ? These figures drop into that mould and henceforth are remembered without difficulty. These are remarkable coincidences no doubt, but are not all sets of figures similarly impressive coincidences to the trained eye, and the active, thinking and assimilative mind ?](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28134096_0052.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
