William James
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The art of remembering is the art of thinking. When we wish to fix a new thing in either our own mind or a pupil's, our conscious effort should not be so much to impress and retain it as to connect it with something else already there. The connecting is the thinking; and, if we attend clearly to the connection, the connected thing will certainly be likely to remain within recall. ✨ William James (2008). Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals, p.70, Cosimo, Inc.

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