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94 Long Digit Numbers
ber, all you do is transpose your peg words back to numbers.
You'll know the number now, forwards and backwards! In
actual practice, you should form your peg words and link
them as you move your eyes from left to right across the
number.
There you have it! You merely linked six objects to mem-
orize twelve digits, and you will retain them for as long as
you desire. If you have tried this while I explained it, and
if you remember the number, you should feel proud of
yourself. I say this because, according to some of our in-
telligence quotient tests, the average adult should remem-
ber a six digit number forwards and backwards, after hear-
ing or seeing it once. The superior adult should do the
same with an eight digit number. You've just accomplished
it with a twelve digit number, and there is no limit to the
retentiveness.
Don't let anyone talk you out of it, either, by telling you
"no fair" because you used a "system." Those that do say
this, are surely envious of you because they can't do it,
system or not. There are always those that scream, "It's
unnatural to remember with a system; you have to do it by
normal memory." Well, who's to say that this method is
unnatural? It is surely more natural to remember than to
forget. And, by using any of my systems you're simply aid-
ing your true memory! As I explained earlier, anything that
anyone remembers must be associated to something they
already know and remember. People do it all the time,
sometimes consciously, sometimes without realizing it—
all we are doing is systemizing it. There's a "method" to
our madness! Those that say memory systems are unnat-
ural, really mean, I think, that they don't know about them,
or how to use them.
Now that I've defended your recently acquired facility
to remember, let's go a step further. If you've grasped the