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Link Method of Memory

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich,
in nothing else is he poor.
—Alexander Smith

I want to show you now, that you can start, immediately,
to remember as you've never remembered before. I don't
believe that anyone with an untrained memory can pos-
sibly remember twenty unassociated items, in sequence,
after hearing or seeing them only once. Even though you
don't believe it either, you will accomplish just that if you
read and study this chapter.
Before going into the actual memorizing, I must explain
that your trained memory will be based almost entirely on
mental pictures or images. These mental pictures will be
easily recalled if they are made as ridiculous as you can
possibly make them. Here are the twenty items that you
will be able to memorize in sequence in a surprisingly short
time.
carpet, paper, bottle, bed, fish, chair, window, telephone,
cigarette, nail, typewriter, shoe, microphone, pen, television set,
plate, donut, car, coffee pot, and brick.
A famous man once said that method is the mother of
memory. So, I'll teach you now, what I call the Link
method of memory. I've told you that your trained memory
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