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28。Butwhathappenswhenthememoryitselflosessomething，aswhenweforgetanythingandtrytorecallit？Where，finally，dowesearch，butinthememoryitself？Andthere，ifbychanceonethingisofferedforanother，werefuseituntilwemeetwithwhatwearelookingfor；andwhenwedo，werecognizethatthisisit。Butwecouldnotdothisunlesswerecognizedit，norcouldwehaverecognizeditunlesswerememberedit。Yetwehadindeedforgottenit。
Perhapsthewholeofithadnotslippedoutofourmemory；
butapartwasretainedbywhichtheotherlostpartwassoughtfor，becausethememoryrealizedthatitwasnotoperatingassmoothlyasusualandwasbeingheldupbythecripplingofitshabitualworking；hence，itdemandedtherestorationofwhatwaslacking。
Forexample，ifweseeorthinkofsomemanweknow，and，havingforgottenhisname，trytorecallit——ifsomeotherthingpresentsitself，wecannottieitintotheefforttoremember，becauseitwasnothabituallythoughtofinassociationwithhim。