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Rh “just happened to think of” the debtor, or that “it somehow flashed right into my mind,” etc. But it was nothing but the law of association—that’s all. Moreover, you will now find that whenever you hear mentioned the term “association of mental ideas,” etc., you will remember the above illustration or part of it. We have forged a new link in the chain of association for you, and years from now it will appear in your thoughts.