No matter how thoroughly a person may have learned the Greek alphabet, he will never be in a condition to repeat it backwards without further training. (Hermann Ebbinghaus)

No matter how thoroughly a person may have learned the Greek alphabet, he will never be in a condition to repeat it backwards without further training.

Hermann Ebbinghaus

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