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What Hacker News says
- > 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. Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books, else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things.
Excerpted from Of Studies, by Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626) [1]. The whole essay is only about a page, and well worth reading.
[1] https://www.gutenberg.org/files/575/575-h/575-h.htm#link2H_4...
- Francis Bacon - Of Studies. Then read Samuel Johnson essay of the same name.
Edit: haha - wanted to flick you a link and discover about.com says more or less the same thing: http://grammar.about.com/od/60essays/a/studiesessay.htm
- Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. - Francis Bacon, "Of Studies" [1]
[1] http://www.literaturepage.com/read/francis-bacon-essays-102....
