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All learning chiefly consists in memory and we are taught in vain if we forget [[deletion]] any [[/deletion]] [[addition]] every [[/addition]] thing that we have heard. Some persons have thought it ^ [[addition]] only [[/addition]] a gift of nature. but that ^ [[addition]] [[underline]] like all others is [[/underline]] [[deletion]] is [[/deletion]] [[/addition]] [[deletion]] can be [[/deletion]] increased by culture, [[deletion]] as all other things [[/deletion]] Nay, nothing is [[deletion]] can be [[/deletion]] more increased by care or [[deletion]] nothing can be more [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] [[addition]] [[deletion]] for [[/deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/addition]] by negligence, than memory. The greatest & only art of [[deletion]] increasing [[/deletion]] [[addition]] strengthening [[/addition]] the memory is by [[deletion]] exercising [[/deletion]] [[addition]] exercise [[/addition]] [[deletion]] it [[/deletion]] & by labour. Therefore boys whose memories are most retentive [[deletion]] [[unclear]] have a tenacious memory [[/deletion]] should imediately [[deletion]] learn [[/deletion]] [[addition]] get [[/addition]] by heart as many things as they can: & whatever age will take pains
