exercise of memory

Example Sentences

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To perform them in a single staged performance is an exercise of memory and sheer will.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

His discernment or judgment is a spontaneous exercise of memory, and resembles the chess-playing skill of one who plays a gambit.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various

My father never permitted anything which I learnt to degenerate into a mere exercise of memory.

From Autobiography by Mill, John Stuart

Under the head of Occupation of Mind I have referred to the exercise of memory in younger people as representing an excellent form of mental diversion.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

But the truth is, that the sciences afford far wider fields for the exercise of memory.

From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Spencer, Herbert