Each nerve has a sort of memory of its past life, is trained or not trained, dulled or quickened, as the case may be; each feature is shaped and characterised, or left loose and meaningless, as may happen; each hand is marked with its trade and life, subdued to what it works in;--IF WE COULD BUT SEE IT.
Bagehot reflects on the concept of memory in nerves and how experiences shape physical characteristics.
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