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which is not so, because the memory has restored it stripped of the time, place and circumstances of its acquisition.

Habit, a permanent union by repetition of certain states with certain acts, often closely unites itself with memory. Words which have been very frequently uttered in a fixed order can be repeated with a rapidity and slightness of attention which hide the act of memory. "We are said to recite them by rote. There is here doubtless muscular and nervous training as well as recollection. The facility gained m any lengthy process by repetition is of this double character. The memory itself, however, seems in most cases to require the lapse of a certain time, and a certain frequency of recurrence, to make its action rapid and spontaneous. We readily repeat in the morning what was recited with difficulty the evening before, and few can acquire a literary composition for easy, accurate rehearsal in the period immediately preceding its delivery. The same effort, scattered through several days, is far more effectual.

The growth of the mind is also to be distinguished in its effects from the action of memory. Mental phenomena are so blended that the predominant is by no means the exclusive element. Later movements of mind are not mere counterparts of earlier ones. A better grasp of premises, and more insight into them; conclusions more complete and decided, belong to the thinking powers, as they are strengthened and enlarged by use. This fact of growth is an ultimate one. We know it, and through familiarity it seems simple to us, without our understanding its grounds. It is something more than memory. We are not merely wiser, with more acquired knowledge; we are stronger, able to make an increasingly effective use of what we know. Memory and growth are very closely related. The