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Saturday, July 26th, 2008Learning to read has been reduced to a process of mastering
a series of narrow, specific, hierarchical skills.
Where armed-forces recruits learn the components of a rifle
or the intricacies of close order drill “by the numbers,”
recruits to reading learn its mechanics sound
by sound and word by word.
~ Jacquelyn Gross
It is no more necessary that a man […]
Quotes About Reading I
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Read in order to live. ~ Gustave Flaubert
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. ~ Mortimer J. Adler
Learn as much by writing as by reading. ~ Lord Acton
Today a reader, tomorrow a leader. ~ W. Fusselman
Reading is to the mind what exercise is […]
Quotes About Books & Reading
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Wear the old coat and buy the new book. ~ Austin Phelps
We shouldn’t teach great books; we should teach a love of reading. ~ B. F. Skinner
A great book should leave you with many experiences and slightly exhausted at the end.
You should live several lives while reading it. ~ William Styron
Everything in […]
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