"The true art of memory is the art of attention.
No man will read with much advantage, who is not able, at pleasure, to evacuate
his mind, or who brings not to his author an intellect defecated and pure,
neither turbid with care, nor agitated by pleasure. If the repositories of
thought are already full, what can they receive? If the mind is employed on the
past or future, the book will be held before the eyes in vain." —English
man of letters Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784),
Idler #74 (Sept. 15, 1759)
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