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(2) good memory for facts and figures, 9 cases ; 



(3) good memory for form, 6 cases ; (4) good 

 memory for names in natural history, 4 

 cases ; (5) good memory, no details, 5 cases ; 

 (6) fitful and peculiar memory, 6 cases ; (7) 

 bad memory, 7 cases. Total number of note- 

 worthy cases, 43. I have not included in the 

 above, a few instances in which the scientific 

 man has described his own memory, simply as 

 " good," nor others in which he has made no 

 remark, except that one of his parents had 

 very good memory. The hereditary character 

 of this quality is abundantly illustrated. 



Good verbal memory , as for prose and poetry. 



1. " Very great, both for facts and words ; 

 I could in my earlier days often retain poetry 

 after two perusals, and once learned, it was 

 seldom forgotten. I have seldom met a quicker 

 or more retentive memory in any one." 



2. " After reading over a lecture or speech 

 of an hour's duration, three times, can recollect 

 nearly the words as written for 8 or 10 days/' 



