The suspicion grows that this souped-up erudition disguises a paucity of thought, which of all things seems to be based on a lack of historical good sense, or, if you will, of good historical sense.

This tartrate, when freed from impurities, is known officinally under the name of cream of tartar.

As a result, after a few iterations, the memory concept “banana” is fully activated and the memory item is retrieved. Moreover, in the presence of spontaneous fluctuations of the activity, different aspects of “bananahood” will flash up. The basic idea of memory retrieval discussed here is at the heart of models of working memory and long-term memory (see chapter 13).

Miranda: O the heauens, / What fowle play had we, that we came from thence? / Or bleſſed was't we did? Prospero: Both, both my Girle. / By fowle-play (as thou ſayſt) were we heau'd thence, / But bleſſedly holpe hither.