One evening while reciting the days lecture to myself, I made an importantdiscovery. In trying to make my presentation as smooth as possible, I used thetransitional words "Now that we have discussed the major reason for thesuccess of Pharaoh Hophra, let us look at the minor reasons." At thatmoment I stopped still, for at no time did the professor ever cut up thelecture into topics and subtopics; however, the topics and subtopics werethere, waiting to be discovered.With this secret in mind, I found that I could take better notes during thelecture, and after class I could very easily supply the missing parts.