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It is well to observe everything and to train one's self to remember faces and circumstances.
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“It is well to observe everything and to train one's self to remember faces and circumstances.”

Frances Hodgson Burnett

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The Lost Prince
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1915
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Fictional character · Loristan
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Observation and memory are presented as trainable abilities strengthened by deliberate attention rather than fixed talents that either appear or do not.

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The Lost Prince; Project Gutenberg #384. Loristan is training Marco for a fictional diplomatic and political mission, so the advice belongs to that narrative setting.

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Loristan trains Marco for the fictional mission in The Lost Prince.

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