﻿MEMORY. 
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  How 
  can 
  they 
  be 
  recalled 
  into 
  what 
  seemed 
  

   a 
  lost 
  existence 
  ? 
  What 
  depths 
  and 
  mysteries 
  

   of 
  being 
  ! 
  How 
  little 
  can 
  we 
  understand 
  our- 
  

   selves 
  ! 
  Does 
  it 
  not 
  seem 
  then 
  as 
  if 
  the 
  mind 
  

   were 
  too 
  narrow 
  to 
  comprehend 
  itself? 
  And 
  

   so, 
  through 
  pages 
  of 
  most 
  subtle 
  and 
  eloquent 
  

   analysis, 
  he 
  revels 
  in 
  that 
  faculty 
  of 
  Wonder, 
  

   which 
  is 
  the 
  very 
  root 
  and 
  principle 
  of 
  all 
  

   curious 
  inquiry. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  say 
  that 
  these 
  

   questions 
  are 
  wholly 
  vain. 
  But 
  they 
  are 
  use- 
  

   ful 
  only 
  as 
  all 
  knowledge 
  may 
  be 
  useful, 
  in 
  

   teaching 
  us 
  — 
  if 
  it 
  be 
  nothing 
  else 
  — 
  how 
  small 
  

   that 
  knowledge 
  is. 
  St. 
  Augustine 
  was 
  right 
  

   in 
  thinking 
  that 
  this 
  wonderful 
  power 
  of 
  

   Memory 
  lies 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  final 
  secrets 
  on 
  

   which 
  our 
  very 
  being 
  and 
  personality 
  depend. 
  

   An 
  eminent 
  philosopher 
  of 
  our 
  own 
  time 
  has 
  

  

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