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each other in the same order, and, together, take the same length of time ' (Matter and Memory). The learning of a lesson by heart is an instance of this kind. As Bergson observes, this memory is nothing else but the complete set of intelligently constructed mechanisms which enable us to adapt ourselves to the present situation. It is very common among those lower forms of life which are solely guided by their instincts. Habit rather than memory, it acts our past, but does not call up its image. As for the other form of memory, it is obvious that will is principally concerned where the past is preserved in the form of modification of disposition or character, for it is directly affected by experience. And this will be found to hold good with respect to all kinds of mental impressions, in so far as such impressions imply experience and are a source of education to the will. For no mental impression is altogether devoid of effect, so that it is impossible for it not to affect or influence one's instincts or character in some way. This is sufficient to show that memory is almost exclusively an associate of will. · In will also lies the initial difficulty which is experienced when we try to learn anything new ; for it is not easy to make it respond to particular ideas or to force it into particular attitudes against its inclinations and temperament. Hence, so long as attention is fixed elsewhere, no amount of repetition would make any lasting impression on the mind.
The process of learning also throws considerable light on the nature of memory. When one bears a
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