OBSERVATION 



BY neglecting to cultivate and train our powers 

 of observation in every possible way we lose much in 

 life. Life however has made it necessary for us all 

 to become somewhat skilled in the observation of 

 those people with whom we come in contact. It is a 

 marvellous thought that the combination of two eyes, 

 a nose and a mouth in the setting of a human face 

 can have such infinite variety, yet so highly developed 

 are our powers of observation in this particular study 

 that we instantly recognise and distinguish the 

 minutest differences. And, what is still more wonder- 

 ful, no sooner have we become acquainted with the 

 individual face than its distinctive features become 

 indelibly recorded on the plates of our memory, and 

 though we may not be able to revisualise it at will, 

 or, when we see it again, link up its connection with 

 the past, yet our observation is so expert and the 

 record so true that we are able to detect if any change 

 has occurred. 



So the specialist concentrates his whole pow r ers 



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