Francis Bacon on Learning and How to Read Intelligently
How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading (A Touchstone book)
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Sir Francis Bacon—it comes from his essay “Of Studies”—concerns the reading of books: “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”
Alan Jacobs • The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
You can't think well without writing well, and you can't write well without reading well.