Reading makes us intelligent; and learn about things we would otherwise hear nothing.
It is pleasant to recapitulate stories to persons who probably have not had the opportunity of reading them and it therefore passes many a dreary hour away and makes many a person renew his happiness by hoping for such a favorable end as some characters as are described in the book.
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If we did not have the capacity of reading we might wait all our lives and never secure the desired information, but if instead of waiting for some one to tell us we take the book or paper or whatever it might happen to be and read it for ourselves we will be much better satisfied and also have the consolation of knowing we discovered it for ourselves and did not have to wait for other people to come and furnish us with the desired information.
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In reading there is a large amount of knowledge attained for it enlarged the mind while reading and continues until we pass away.
When we read we come across words that when we hear them spoken of we are entirely ignorant of them.
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The untutored mind is often surprisingly expanded in reading for only a short while a little every day. Then when we hear certain subjects spoken of we do not wonder what it all means.
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