‘Forgetting’ Essay by -Robert Lynd
'Forgetting' Written by -Robert Lynd A list of articles lost by railway travellers and now on sale at a great London station has been published, and many people who read it have been astonished at the absent-mindedness [विस्मृति] of their fellows. If statistical [सांख्यिकीय] records were available on the subject, however [फिर भी], I doubt whether [कि क्या] it would be found that absent-mindedness is common. It is the efficiency [कुशलता] rather than the inefficiency of human memory that compels [विवश करना/प्रभावित करना] my wonder. Modern man remembers even telephone members. He remembers the addresses of his friends. He remember the dates of good vintages [अंगूर इकट्ठा करना]. He remembers appointments [निश्चित या निर्धारित समय] for lunch and dinner. His memory is crowded with the names of actors and actresses and cricketers and footballers…