...words. It is related of the celebrated Blaise Pascal, that, " until the decay of his health had impaired his memory, he forgot nothing of what he had done,...read, or thought, in any part of his rational age." These are "extraordinary cases, that scarcely recur in centuries, yet no observant student will fail...

...words. It is related of the celebrated Blaise Pascal, that, "until the decay of his health had impaired his memory, he forgot nothing of what he had done,...read, or thought, in any part of his rational age." These are extraordinary cases, that scarcely recur in centuries, yet no observant student will fail...

...Monsieur Pascal, that, till the decay of his health had impaired bis memory, he forgot nothing of what ho had done, read, or thought in any part of his rational age." (locke, Euay, BU cx i 9.) § 804. The memory of the ancients, if we may believe all the stories which...

...reported of that prodigy of parts, Monsieur Pascal, that, till the decay of his health had impaired his memory, he forgot nothing of what he had done,...any part of his rational age. This is a privilege so little known to most men, that it seems almost incredible to those, who, after the ordinary way,...

...reported of that prodigy of parts, Monsienr Pascal, that, till the decay of his health had impaired his memory, he forgot nothing of what he had done,...any part of his rational age. This is a privilege so little known to most men, that it seems almost incredible to those who, after the ordinary way,...

...like a cloud. Pascal, " that prodigy of parts," of whom it was said that till the decay of his health he forgot nothing of what he had done, read, or thought, in any part of his rational age, yet derives a valuable lesson from an occasional lapse, not unfamiliar to lesser intelligences : "En...

...like a cloud. Pascal, " that prodigy of parts," of whom it was said that till the decay of his health he forgot nothing of what he had done, read, or thought, in any part of his rational age, yet derives a valuable lesson from an occasional lapse, not unfamiliar to lesser intelligences: " En...

...false repetition. Locke says that that " prodigy of parts," Pascal, knew the whole Bible by heart. He forgot nothing of what he had done, read, or thought in any part of his rational life. Magliabecchi, the Florentine librarian, had so portentous a memory that his head was called a...

...history. Till the decay of Pascal's health had impaired his memory, he is said to have " forgotten nothing of what he had done, read, or thought, in any part of his rational age." Niebuhr, according to his biographer, " mastered languages and sciences, signs and the things signified,...

...reported of that prodigy of parts, Monsieur Pascal, that, till the decay of his health hod Impaired his memory, he forgot nothing of what he had done, read, or thongbt in any part of his rational age." (Locke, Bttaj, B. li. cx { 9.) § 304. The memory of the...