exercise of memory

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

The notion of the wax tablet indicates that the would-be mnemonist uses a fixed structure—a locality real or imagined, but instantly and intimately available to the mind’s eye—as its background and that the exercise of memory depends on juxtaposing the temporary thing to be remembered with that.

The project started out as a simple exercise of memory: Tony Aivazian wanted a way to recall his hometown when neither photos nor the possibility of going back to visit existed.

Every book you read, every natural object which meets your view, may be the exercise of memory, be made to furnish food both for reflection and conversation, enjoyment for your own solitary hours, and the means of making you popular in society.

The fundamental principle of all rational spelling is no doubt the representation of every sound by an invariable symbol, but in modern English the usage of pronunciation has drifted far from the conventional forms established by a traditional orthography, with the result that the present spelling of our written speech is to a large extent a mere exercise of memory, full of confusing anomalies and imperfections, and involving an enormous and unnecessary strain on the faculties of learners.