A Congressman could not remember the name of Zachary Taylor, the twelfth
President of the United States, but he could always readily recall his
nick-name, "Rough and Ready." In this case there was no _revivable_
connection established in his mind between the _name_ Zachary Taylor and
the idea or image of the _man_ known as Zachary Taylor--but there _was_
a revivable connection in his mind between the name "Rough and Ready"
and the idea or image of that man. Now the thing to be done to enable
this Congressman to readily recall the name Zachary Taylor was to
_establish_ or _make a revivable connection_ between the name Zachary
Taylor and the image of him, or some characteristic of him, as it was
known to that Congressman; or to connect the well-remembered name "Rough
and Ready" to the usually forgotten name Zachary Taylor. This would be a
_device_ for helping him to revive this hitherto unrecallable name. But
another and better way to aid him would be to STRENGTHEN his REVIVING
POWER GENERALLY, so that he could readily recall the name Zachary Taylor
as well as his other previous experiences; for there is no doubt that he
had a _record_ in his mind of the name Zachary Taylor; for whenever he
failed to recall it, he _recognised_ it the moment he saw it, or it was
mentioned in his presence. This proved that he _knew_ the name but could
not _revive_ it.
1. What difficulty did the Congressman have in connection with Z.
Taylor?
2. What caused it?
3. What would have been his best aid to remember the name?