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A poem is learned by heart and then not again repeated. We will suppose that after a half year it has been forgotten: no
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"A poem is learned by heart and then not again repeated. We will suppose that after a half year it has been forgotten: no effort of recollection is able to call it back again into consciousness"

- Hermann Ebbinghaus

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Germany Flag This quote is written / told by Hermann Ebbinghaus between January 24, 1850 and February 26, 1909. He/she was a famous Psychologist from Germany. The author also have 18 other quotes.

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