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reproducing at the first attempt simple melodies 

 that he had heard but once. 



A professional man, a personal friend, had a 

 very good memory except that he could not re- 

 call names. During his study of medicine it Names, 

 seemed impossible for him to master the techni- 

 cal terms of the text books. He, found it ab- 

 solutely necessary to take special training in mem- 

 orizing names. During gestation his wife be- 

 came interested in his r studies and gave some 

 time to memory culture. Their daughter born 

 under these conditions was very much like the 

 father, except that her memory of names was far 

 better than the average. On being introduced 

 to a large company of persons at an evening 

 gathering, she experienced no difficulty in recall- 

 ing the name of each person at the second meet- 

 ing. In all her studies the memorizing of the 

 names was a very easy task. 



Up in the Michigan pineries, among the rocks 

 and stumps there lived an illiterate farmer who 

 was wiser in matters pertaining to prenatal cul- 

 ture than many who have enjoyed better ad- 

 vantages. Unlike most farmers instead of mak- Practical 

 ing a drudge of his wife and devoting all of his Stiripiculture ' 

 attention to raising fine stock he gave special at- 

 tention to rearing a fine family. He and his 

 wife shared the diversity of labor common to the 

 farm but were careful not to exhaust themselves 

 by over work. They were students of mind and 

 knew how to stimulate, cultivate and restrain the 

 several mental powers. Before the initial of 

 each life and during antenatal development all 

 the several elements of the mind we're systemati- 



