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...view to retaining the matter permanently, by rehearsing it at intervals of a few weeks; if in general we recall and fix in our minds what is tending to slip away, so as to remember more, even though learning less; and finally, if we remember that what is slowest learned is slowest forgotten, and so give more attention to every-day work and less to cramming, we shall find our retentive powers developing to our own satisfaction and advantage...