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implies the existence of the former, but memory does 

 not imply the existence of reason. Many persons with 

 great memories have been very deficient in power to 

 reason. 



I speak especially of memory here, because, if the 

 mental powers were evolved, it must have been one of 

 the first that appeared. This would seem to be true 

 both on account of its relations to the other mental 

 faculties, and, because, in some form, it is manifested 

 in a large part of the animal kingdom. 



We would, therefore, naturally look to memory as 

 the faculty from which, or by the exercise of which, 

 other mental powers might be evolved. 



Memory is the conscious record of the past. It is 

 entirely different in kind from reason, will, or con- 

 science, and, therefore, they cannot be the offspring 

 of memory. 



Granting that there are definite relations between 

 the nervous system and psychic phenomena, still it 

 would seem that there would be no tendency of nerv- 

 ous matter with which memory is connected to organ- 

 ize nervous tissue that could perform other functions. 

 The effect of cultivating memory is to strengthen 

 memory in the individual, and not to create imagina- 

 tion or any other power. 



The power to recall past experience is totally differ- 

 ent in kind from the powers which plan with regard 

 to the future. The memory of the fact that an apple 

 fell on his head is different in kind from the reason- 

 ing power which enabled Newton to discover the law 

 of gravitation. 



Spencer says: "The proximate components of 

 Mind are of two broadly-contrasted kinds — feelings 

 and the relations between feelings. Among the mem- 

 bers of each group there exist multitudinous unlike- 

 nesses, many of which are extremely strong; but such 



