How to Read (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from How to ReadAnd now, having said this much by way of introduction, having, as it were, established a mental take-off, let us, like sensible swim mers, dive at once into the deepest pool that our preliminary subject affords.Until ten or twelve years ago, no man who ever lived could tell another man a story.I am sorry to begin by making so obviously idiotic a statement. But I have two excuses for doing so. One (which I merely mention in passing) is that the statement is literally true. The other (upon which I want to lay all pos sible emphasis) is that the trueness of this truth is of the essence of our inquiry.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.