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Before quitting the subject of Memory, there is another point of view not wholly wanting in interest, in which it is susceptible of being considered; and that is the permanency or duration of its power to call up its past experiences. It is said to have been an opinion of Lord Bacon, that no thoughts are lost; that they continue virtually to exist; and that the soul possesses within itself laws which, whenever fully brought into action, will be found capable of producing the prompt and perfect restoration of the collected acts and feelings of its whole past existence. This opinion, which other able writers have fallen in with, is clearly worthy of examination, especially when we consider that it has a practical bearing, and involves important moral and religious consequences. The sections of this chapter examine the following subjects: Mental action quickened by influence on the physical system; Other instances of quickened mental action, and of a restoration of thoughts; Effect on the memory of a severe attack of fever; Approval and illustrations of these views from Coleridge; Application of the principles of this chapter to education; and Connexion of this doctrine with the final judgment and a future life. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)