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There is no problem of mind which is so provocative as that of memory.
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The speaker says that memory is the most thought-provoking problem among all questions about the mind. The wording presents memory as especially difficult and stimulating to think about, without offering a solution or explaining exactly what makes it so challenging.
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- Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Vol. 20 (1919–1920)
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- Official Statement
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