Ifthisorderbenecessary，wheneverasubjectexperiencestheformeroftwomovementsthusconnected，itwill（invariably）
experiencethelatter;if，however，theorderbenotnecessary，butcustomary，onlyinthemajorityofcaseswillthesubjectexperiencethelatterofthetwomovements。Butitisafactthattherearesomemovements，byasingleexperienceofwhichpersonstaketheimpressofcustommoredeeplythantheydobyexperiencingothersmanytimes;henceuponseeingsomethingsbutoncewerememberthembetterthanotherswhichwemayhavebeenfrequently。
Whenevertherefore，wearerecollecting，weareexperiencingcertainoftheantecedentmovementsuntilfinallyweexperiencetheoneafterwhichcustomarilycomesthatwhichweseek。Thisexplainswhywehuntuptheseries（ofkineseis）havingstartedinthoughteitherfromapresentintuitionorsomeother，andfromsomethingeithersimilar，orcontrary，towhatweseek，orelsefromthatwhichiscontiguouswithit。Suchistheempiricalgroundoftheprocessofrecollection;forthemnemonicmovementsinvolvedinthesestarting—pointsareinsomecasesidentical，inothers，again，simultaneous，withthoseoftheideaweseek，whileinotherstheycompriseaportionofthem，sothattheremnantwhichoneexperiencedafterthatportion（andwhichstillrequirestobeexcitedinmemory）iscomparativelysmall。
Thus，then，itisthatpersonsseektorecollect，andthus，too，itisthattheyrecollectevenwithouttheeffortofseekingtodoso，viz。whenthemovementimpliedinrecollectionhassupervenedonsomeotherwhichisitscondition。For，asarule，itiswhenantecedentmovementsoftheclassesheredescribedhavefirstbeenexcited，thattheparticularmovementimpliedinrecollectionfollows。
Weneednotexamineaseriesofwhichthebeginningandendliefarapart，inordertoseehow（byrecollection）weremember;oneinwhichtheylienearoneanotherwillserveequallywell。Foritisclearthatthemethodisineachcasethesame，thatis，onehuntsuptheobjectiveseries，withoutanyprevioussearchorpreviousrecollection。For（thereis，besidesthenaturalorder，viz。theorderofthepralmata，oreventsoftheprimaryexperience，alsoacustomaryorder，and）bytheeffectofcustomthemnemonicmovementstendtosucceedoneanotherinacertainorder。Accordingly，therefore，whenonewishestorecollect，thisiswhathewilldo:hewilltrytoobtainabeginningofmovementwhosesequelshallbethemovementwhichhedesirestoreawaken。Thisexplainswhyattemptsatrecollectionsucceedsoonestandbestwhentheystartfromabeginning（ofsomeobjectiveseries）。For，inorderofsuccession，themnemonicmovementsaretooneanotherastheobjectivefacts（fromwhichtheyarederived）。Accordingly，thingsarrangedinafixedorder，likethesuccessivedemonstrationsingeometry，areeasytoremember（orrecollect）whilebadlyarrangedsubjectsarerememberedwithdifficulty。
Recollectingdiffersalsointhisrespectfromrelearning，thatonewhorecollectswillbeable，somehow，tomove，solelybyhisowneffort，tothetermnextafterthestarting—point。Whenonecannotdothisofhimself，butonlybyexternalassistance，henolongerremembers（i。e。hehastotallyforgotten，andthereforeofcoursecannotrecollect）。Itoftenhappensthat，thoughapersoncannotrecollectatthemoment，yetbyseekinghecandoso，anddiscoverswhatheseeks。Thishesucceedsindoingbysettingupmanymovements，untilfinallyheexcitesoneofakindwhichwillhaveforitssequelthefacthewishestorecollect。Forremembering（whichisthecondiciosinequanonofrecollecting）istheexistence，potentially，inthemindofamovementcapableofstimulatingittothedesiredmovement，andthis，ashasbeensaid，insuchawaythatthepersonshouldbemoved（promptedtorecollection）fromwithinhimself，i。e。inconsequenceofmovementswhollycontainedwithinhimself。
Butonemustgetholdofastarting—point。Thisexplainswhyitisthatpersonsaresupposedtorecollectsometimesbystartingfrommnemonicloci。Thecauseisthattheypassswiftlyinthoughtfromonepointtoanother，e。g。frommilktowhite，fromwhitetomist，andthencetomoist，fromwhichoneremembersAutumn（the’seasonofmists’），ifthisbetheseasonheistryingtorecollect。
Itseemstrueingeneralthatthemiddlepointalsoamongallthingsisagoodmnemonicstarting—pointfromwhichtoreachanyofthem。Forifonedoesnotrecollectbefore，hewilldosowhenhehascometothis，or，ifnot，nothingcanhelphim;as，e。g。ifoneweretohaveinmindthenumericalseriesdenotedbythesymbolsA，B，G，D，E，Z，I，H，O。For，ifhedoesnotrememberwhathewantsatE，thenatE
heremembersO;becausefromEmovementineitherdirectionispossible，toDortoZ。But，ifitisnotforoneofthesethatheissearching，hewillremember（whatheissearchingfor）whenhehascometoGifheissearchingforHorI。Butif（itis）not（forH
orIthatheissearching，butforoneofthetermsthatremain），hewillrememberbygoingtoA，andsoinallcases（inwhichonestartsfromamiddlepoint）。Thecauseofone’ssometimesrecollectingandsometimesnot，thoughstartingfromthesamepoint，is，thatfromthesamestarting—pointamovementcanbemadeinseveraldirections，as，forinstance，fromGtoIortoD。If，then，themindhasnot（whenstartingfromE）movedinanoldpath（i。e。oneinwhichitmovedfirsthavingtheobjectiveexperience，andthat，therefore，inwhichun—’ethized’phusiswouldhaveitagainmove），ittendstomovetothemorecustomary;for（themindhaving，bychanceorotherwise，missedmovinginthe’old’way）CustomnowassumestheroleofNature。Hencetherapiditywithwhichwerecollectwhatwefrequentlythinkabout。Forasregularsequenceofeventsisinaccordancewithnature，so，too，regularsequenceisobservedintheactualizationofkinesis（inconsciousness），andherefrequencytendstoproduce（theregularityof）nature。Andsinceintherealmofnatureoccurrencestakeplacewhichareevencontrarytonature，orfortuitous，thesamehappensafortioriinthesphereswayedbycustom，sinceinthisspherenaturallawisnotsimilarlyestablished。
Henceitisthat（fromthesamestarting—point）themindreceivesanimpulsetomovesometimesintherequireddirection，andatothertimesotherwise，（doingthelatter）particularlywhensomethingelsesomehowdeflectsthemindfromtherightdirectionandattractsittoitself。Thislastconsiderationexplainstoohowithappensthat，whenwewanttorememberaname，werememberonesomewhatlikeit，indeed，butblunderinreferenceto（i。e。inpronouncing）theoneweintended。
Thus，then，recollectiontakesplace。
Butthepointofcapitalimportanceisthat（forthepurposeofrecollection）oneshouldcognize，determinatelyorindeterminately，thetime—relation（ofthatwhichhewishestorecollect）。Thereis，—letitbetakenasafact，—somethingbywhichonedistinguishesagreaterandasmallertime;anditisreasonabletothinkthatonedoesthisinawayanalogoustothatinwhichonediscerns（spacial）
magnitudes。Foritisnotbythemind’sreachingouttowardsthem，assomesayavisualrayfromtheeyedoes（inseeing），thatonethinksoflargethingsatadistanceinspace（foreveniftheyarenotthere，onemaysimilarlythinkthem）;butonedoessobyaproportionatementalmovement。Forthereareinthemindthelikefiguresandmovements（i。e。’like’tothoseofobjectsandevents）。
Therefore，whenonethinksthegreaterobjects，inwhatwillhisthinkingthosedifferfromhisthinkingthesmaller？（Innothing，）
becausealltheinternalthoughsmallerareasitwereproportionaltotheexternal。Now，aswemayassumewithinapersonsomethingproportionaltotheforms（ofdistantmagnitudes），so，too，wemaydoubtlessassumealsosomethingelseproportionaltotheirdistances。As，therefore，ifonehas（psychically）themovementinAB，BE，heconstructsinthought（i。e。knowsobjectively）GD，sinceAGandGDbearequalratiosrespectively（toABandBE），（sohewhorecollectsalsoproceeds）。WhythendoesheconstructGDratherthanZH？IsitnotbecauseasAGistoAB，soisOtoI？Thesemovementstherefore（sc。inAB，BE，andinO:I）hehassimultaneously。ButifhewishestoconstructtothoughtZH，hehasinmindBEinlikemannerasbefore（whenconstructingGD），butnow，insteadof（themovementsoftheratio）O:I，hehasinmind（thoseoftheratioK:L;forK:L::ZA:BA。（Seediagram。）
When，therefore，the’movement’correspondingtotheobjectandthatcorrespondingtoitstimeconcur，thenoneactuallyremembers。Ifonesupposes（himselftomoveinthesedifferentbutconcurrentways）withoutreallydoingso，hesupposeshimselftoremember。
Foronemaybemistaken，andthinkthatherememberswhenhereallydoesnot。Butitisnotpossible，conversely，thatwhenoneactuallyremembersheshouldnotsupposehimselftoremember，butshouldrememberunconsciously。Forremembering，aswehaveconceivedit，essentiallyimpliesconsciousnessofitself。If，however，themovementcorrespondingtotheobjectivefacttakesplacewithoutthatcorrespondingtothetime，or，ifthelattertakesplacewithouttheformer，onedoesnotremember。
Themovementansweringtothetimeisoftwokinds。Sometimesinrememberingafactonehasnodeterminatetime—notionofit，nosuchnotionasthate。g。hedidsomethingorotheronthedaybeforeyesterday;whileinothercaseshehasadeterminatenotion—ofthetime。Still，eventhoughonedoesnotrememberwithactualdeterminationofthetime，hegenuinelyremembers，nonetheless。
Personsarewonttosaythattheyremember（something），butyetdonotknowwhen（itoccurred，ashappens）whenevertheydonotknowdeterminatelytheexactlengthoftimeimpliedinthe’when’。
Ithasbeenalreadystatedthatthosewhohaveagoodmemoryarenotidenticalwiththosewhoarequickatrecollecting。Buttheactofrecollectingdiffersfromthatofremembering，notonlychronologically，butalsointhis，thatmanyalsooftheotheranimals（aswellasman）havememory，but，ofallthatweareacquaintedwith，none，weventuretosay，exceptman，sharesinthefacultyofrecollection。Thecauseofthisisthatrecollectionis，asitwereamodeofinference。Forhewhoendeavourstorecollectinfersthatheformerlysaw，orheard，orhadsomesuchexperience，andtheprocess（bywhichhesucceedsinrecollecting）is，asitwere，asortofinvestigation。Buttoinvestigateinthiswaybelongsnaturallytothoseanimalsalonewhicharealsoendowedwiththefacultyofdeliberation;（whichproveswhatwassaidabove），fordeliberationisaformofinference。
Thattheaffectioniscorporeal，i。e。thatrecollectionisasearchingforan’image’inacorporealsubstrate，isprovedbythefactthatinsomepersons，when，despitethemoststrenuousapplicationofthought，theyhavebeenunabletorecollect，it（viz。
theanamnesis=theeffortatrecollection）excitesafeelingofdiscomfort，which，eventhoughtheyabandontheeffortatrecollection，persistsinthemnonetheless;andespeciallyinpersonsofmelancholictemperament。Forthesearemostpowerfullymovedbypresentations。Thereasonwhytheeffortofrecollectionisnotunderthecontroloftheirwillisthat，asthosewhothrowastonecannotstopitattheirwillwhenthrown，sohewhotriestorecollectand’hunts’（afteranidea）setsupaprocessinamaterialpart，（that）inwhichresidestheaffection。Thosewhohavemoisturearoundthatpartwhichisthecentreofsense—perceptionsuffermostdiscomfortofthiskind。Forwhenoncethemoisturehasbeensetinmotionitisnoteasilybroughttorest，untiltheideawhichwassoughtforhasagainpresenteditself，andthusthemovementhasfoundastraightcourse。Forasimilarreasonburstsofangerorfitsofterror，whenoncetheyhaveexcitedsuchmotions，arenotatonceallayed，eventhoughtheangryorterrifiedpersons（byeffortsofwill）setupcountermotions，butthepassionscontinuetomovethemon，inthesamedirectionasatfirst，inoppositiontosuchcountermotions。Theaffectionresemblesalsothatinthecaseofwords，tunes，orsayings，wheneveroneofthemhasbecomeinveterateonthelips。Peoplegivethemupandresolvetoavoidthem;yetagaintheyfindthemselveshummingtheforbiddenair，orusingtheprohibitedword。Thosewhoseupperpartsareabnormallylarge，as。
isthecasewithdwarfs，haveabnormallyweakmemory，ascomparedwiththeiropposites，becauseofthegreatweightwhichtheyhaverestingupontheorganofperception，andbecausetheirmnemonicmovementsare，fromtheveryfirst，notabletokeeptruetoacourse，butaredispersed，andbecause，intheeffortatrecollection，thesemovementsdonoteasilyfindadirectonwardpath。Infantsandveryoldpersonshavebadmemories，owingtotheamountofmovementgoingonwithinthem;forthelatterareinprocessofrapiddecay，theformerinprocessofvigorousgrowth;andwemayaddthatchildren，untilconsiderablyadvancedinyears，aredwarf—likeintheirbodilystructure。Suchthenisourtheoryasregardsmemoryandrememberingtheirnature，andtheparticularorganofthesoulbywhichanimalsremember;alsoasregardsrecollection，itsformaldefinition，andthemannerandcauses—ofitsperformance。