“It is only by struggling with difficult books, books over one's head, that anyone learns to read.”
Mortimer J. Adler (1902–2001) American philosopher and educator
Source: Reforming Education: The Opening of the American Mind (1990), p. 315
“Anyone can easily read good books, but only wellprepared or mentally fit individuals will benefit.”
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