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in it, to which work has progressed, leaving the eye free to go with the hand to the case, aiding the correctness and celerity of the latter. It is plain, that, if such is the mental process, the greater the retentive power of memory (largely, of course, a matter of training), the more freely and rapidly the work may go on, the true concentration being upon the two points mentioned; viz., the general retention of the sentence, and the place reached therein by the compositor.
It is proper to note, moreover, in this connection, that a compositor who is quick of perception, and is skilled in grammatical construction, punctuation, etc., is able to perform her work with much less fatigue than one of slower comprehension and less accomplishment. Finding that the foregoing views, as to the part played by memory, and the degree of -skill in perception, grammar, etc., were fully recognized, it became a matter of much interest to confirm them by actual experiment and inquiry. A