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name to the person's face in some ridiculous way. And
here's how to go about it:—
Whenever you meet someone new, look at his face and
try to find one outstanding feature. This could be any-
thing; small eyes, large eyes, thick lips, thin lips, high fore-
head, low forehead, lines or creases on the forehead, long
nose, broad nose, wide nostrils, narrow nostrils, large ears,
small ears, ears that stand away from the head, dimples,
clefts, warts, mustache, lines on the face, large chin, reced-
ing chin, type of hairline, jutting chin, small mouth, large
mouth, teeth—just about anything.
You are to pick the one thing that seems most outstand-
ing to you. It may not be the most outstanding feature;
someone else may choose something entirely different. This
isn't important; the thing that stands out to you is the thing
that will be obvious and outstanding when you meet this
person again. The point that is important is that as you're
looking for this one outstanding feature, you must pay
attention to and be interested in the face as a whole.
You're observing and etching this face into your memory.
When you have decided on the outstanding feature, you
are ready to associate the name to that particular part of the
face. For example, Mr. Sachs has a very high forehead. You
might "see" millions of sacks falling from his forehead, or
see his forehead as a sack instead of a forehead. You can
see, of course, that you're to use the same laws and princi-
ples as you've been taught in the early chapters of the book.
The most important principle being that you must actually
see this picture in your mind's eye. Look at Mr. Sachs' face,
and "see" those sacks falling from every part of his fore-
head. That's all there is to it! If Mr. Robrum had a large
nose, I would picture his nose as a bottle of rum and a
robber stealing it!
Mr. Horwick might have very bushy eyebrows, so I