formerly-established

Updated: August 1, 2026

Every new idea will serve as a "hook-and-eye," with which you can fasten together the past and the future; every new fact intellectually remembered will serve as an illustration of some formerly-established principle, and, instead of burdening you with the separate difficulty of remembering itself, will assist you in remembering other things.

Anonymous - The Young Lady's Mentor: A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends