rned here with the Impression and its Revival.
There are (_five_) kinds of memories rising from the natural aptitudes
of different individuals--(1) First Impressions are apt to be feeble and
the power to revive them weak--a poor memory. (2) First Impressions are
usually weak but the power to revive them is strong--still a poor
memory. (3) First Impressions are usually vivid but the power to revive
them is weak--a poor memory. (4) First Impressions on all subjects are
strong and the power to revive them is strong--a first-class memory. (5)
First Impressions in some particulars are very strong and the reviving
power in regard to them is very strong--a good memory for these
particulars, or a memory good for mathematics, or music, or faces, or
reciting, or languages, &c., but usually weak in most other respects.
SINCE WE ARE TO LEARN BY THINKING WE MUST AT THE OUTSET LEARN THE
DEFINITION OF THE THREE LAWS OF THINKING.
THREE LAWS OF MEMORY OR OF THINKING.
_The first and principal thing the pupil requires to do in this lesson
after learning the definition of the following Three Laws--is to be able
to clearly understand the examples under each Law, and whether they
verify or illustrate that Law._
I. INCLUSION indicates that there is an _overlapping_ of _meaning_
between two words, or that there is a _prominent idea_ or _sound_
that belongs to both alike, or that a similar fact or property
belongs to two events or things as, to enumerate a few
classes:--
WHOLE AND PART.--(Earth, Poles.) (Ship, Rudder.) (Forest, Trees.)
(Air, Oxygen.) (House, Parlor.) (Clock, Pendulum.)
(Knife, Blade.) (India, Punjab.) (14, 7.) (24, 12.)
GENUS AND SPECIES.--(Animal, Man.) (Plant, Thyme.) (Fish, Salmon.)
(Tree, Oak.) (Game, Pheasant.) (Dog, Retriever.) (Universal
Evolution, Natural Selection.) (Silver Lining, Relief of
Lucknow.) (Empress Queen, Victoria.) (Money, Cash.)
ABSTRACT AND CONCRETE.--[The same Quality appears both in the
Adjective and in the Substantive.]--(Dough, Soft.)
(Empty, Drum.) (Lion, Strong.) (Eagle, Swift.) (Courage, Hero.)
(Glass, Smoothness.) (Gold, Ductility.) (Sunshine, Light.)
(Fire, Warmth.)
SIMILARITY OF SOUND.--(Emperor, Empty.) (Salvation, Salamander.)
(Hallelujah, Hallucination.) (Cat, Catastrophe.) (Top, Topsy.)
[Inclusion by sound is not punning.]
SIMPLE INCLUSION embraces cases not found in
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