Assimilative Memory; or, How to Attend and Never ForgetLoisette, A. (Alphonse)
Science
Assimilative Memory; or, How to Attend and Never Forget
Loisette, A. (Alphonse)
Mnemonics
2. Three of the members of this group died after the close of their
terms of office, on the _natal day_ of the Republic, viz., John Adams
and Thomas Jefferson, on the _4th of July_, 1826, and James Monroe on
the _4th of July_, 1831.
3. This group also might be called the "J" group, since the initial
letter of the Christian name or surname of every member of it begins
with "J" or its phonetic equivalent, soft G, as _G_eorge Washington,
_J_ohn Adams, Thomas _J_efferson, _J_ames Madison, _J_ames Monroe,
_J_ohn Q. Adams, and Andrew _J_ackson.
SECOND GROUP.
_Period of Territorial Expansion and the Growth of Internal Dissension._
=ANDREW Jackson.= } In.
=Martin VAN BUren.= }
Two examples of In.: "An" and "Van", and "rew" and "Bu."
=Martin Van BuREN.= } In.
=William HENry Harrison.= }
A good Inclusion occurs in the case of "ren" and "Hen." The name William
belonged to no other of the twenty-four Presidents.
=William HenRY Harrison.= } In.
=John TYler.= }
A fair example of In. by Sight ["y" occurs in both names] is furnished
by the syllables "ry" and "Ty."
=John TyLer.= } In. &
=James K. PoLk.= } Con.
The letter "l" belongs to both surnames but there is no other letter in
common. John and James is a case of Con., for both occur together many
times in the New Testament.
=James K. Polk.= } In.
=Zachary TAYlor.= }
"K" is pronounced as if spelled "Kay," a good In. with "Tay."
=ZachARy Taylor.= } In.
=MillARd Fillmore.= }
The letters "ar" occur in both the Christian names.
=MillARd Fillmore.= } Con.
=FrANklin Pierce.= }
The "ar" of Millard and the "an" of Franklin is a case of Con. reversed,
_i.e._, "an" and "ar" is Con. since "n" precedes "r" in the Alphabet.
Here the alphabetical order is reversed.
=FrANklin Pierce.= } In.
=James BuchANAN.= }
The "an" in Franklin is identical in spelling and in sound with the two
"ans" in Buchanan.
Let the student recall the series of names from Andrew Jackson to James
Buchanan several times, and at each recall let him also recall the
_relation_ which bound the pairs together, and then let him recall the
series from Washington to Buchanan, both forward and backward, without
consciously reviving the relations.
REMARKS.
1. This may be called the "Single Term Group," since none of the group
served more than one term.
2. The group is notable for the fact that it is the only one in which
two Presidents (William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor) died
_natural_ deaths while in office.
THIRD GROUP.
_Period of Civil War and Reconstruction._
=JAMes Buchanan.= } In.
=AbrahAM Lincoln.= }
This pair of names furnishes an In. by _spelling_, not sound, "am" in
both, but not pronounced alike. This must be _noticed_, as it is a weak
In.
=Abraham LinCOLN.= } In.
=Andrew JOHNson.= }
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