A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.
In plain words
Reading lets you learn what other people have already found out.
Where these words come from
- 88% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, September 30, 1859 — a named, dated speech, non-political content about reading and discovery.
- Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society
- 1859
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