The art of memory. : A treatise useful for all, especially such as are to speak in public... / By Marius D'Assigny.

  • D'Assigny, Marius, 1643-1717.
Date:
1699
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Credit: The art of memory. : A treatise useful for all, especially such as are to speak in public... / By Marius D'Assigny. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tee sue ae etn! Se mec me tone ose, & An = AT wegen i ed ee at Se ne ee area: i : 4 Oe, SA on ee # : J f ¢ Poet, tho he never heard nor faw them be- | Tore, Likewile in sur Age and Nation, | fome carry with them whole Libraries in’ | Po _ their Memory : Which in réafon cannot be | expected, unlefs Men indeavor to improve | 5 this rare Gift of God by a contitiued Ex-)} J _ ercife., T need nor inlarge upon the Ufefiil- || nels and Excellency Gf Memory, to in- | hi cline men ‘to ufe the Means<to attain ic. | here All other Abilities of the Mind borrow from: } ec hence their Beauty, Ornaments and Perfeati- | nt, ¢ ons, as from a cofhinon Treafary: And } the other Capacities and Faculties of the | § / Soul are ufelefg without this. For to what | 4, purpofe is Knowledg and Underftanding, } ) » if We want Memory to preferve and ule it?) |i, What. fignify all other fpiritual Gifts, if] jpg, they are. loft 2s foon as they are obrain’d? kit Tt is Memory alone that inriches the Mind, | yx that preferves what Labor and Induftry | yi; collect, which fupply this noble and hea} wp, venly Being with thofe Divine Excellen< } (),: cés, wherby it is prepar’d for a’ glorious | het Ymmortality. Ina word, there can be nei- | thy ther Knowledg, nér Arts and Sciences with: } jj out Memory. Nor ‘can there be any im- } hi provement of Mankind, either in refpec |. , of their prefent Welfare, or future Happi- | mn nels, ‘without the affiftance and influence } j,; of this fupernatural Abilicy, Memory 1s | ™~ hae the } dy