“Ifanyonefacultyofournaturemaybecalled_more_
wonderfulthantherest，Idothinkitismemory。
Thereseemssomethingmorespeakinglyincomprehensibleinthepowers，thefailures，theinequalitiesofmemory，thaninanyotherofourintelligences。
Thememoryissometimessoretentive，soserviceable，soobedient；atothers，sobewilderedandsoweak；
andatothersagain，sotyrannic，sobeyondcontrol!