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ited. At the risk of seeming repetitious—"you are limited
only by your own imagination."
I just used the word "repetitious," which reminded me
to mention the fact that many students have trouble remem-
bering that this word is spelled with an e, not an i. If you
would print the word on a piece of paper, making that e
extra large, make it stand out (repEtitious) and look at it
for awhile, you won't misspell it again. If you want to
catch your friends, ask them to spell the word, "liquefy." I
think nine out of ten people will put an i before the f,
instead of an e. Print the word like this:—liqu E fy; look
at it and concentrate on it for a moment, and the chances
are you'll spell it correctly from here on in. Try this with
any word that you are not sure of, and you'll certainly
improve your spelling.
Many of the ideas that were taught to you, were taught
as memory feats. I've done this for a variety of reasons.
First, I believe that it makes it much easier to learn,
because you can actually see your goal. I've seen too many
people start to try to learn something, and then give it up
midway because they couldn't see the use or benefit of it
right in front of their eyes. Seeing the goal gives you an
added incentive to learn. The fact that you can use the
feats to entertain your friends, is an extra added incentive.
When you can do or understand the stunts, you've
grasped the idea, and that's all I care about. Once you've
got the idea, you will be able to apply it when you need
it. This is where you must put your imagination to work.
Any memory problem that may present itself, can be solved
by using one or more of the methods and systems; whether
they were taught to you in the form of a memory demon-
stration or otherwise.
My purpose in writing this book has been to give you the
basis and groundwork of a trained memory. The systems