Readingmakethafullman; conferenceareadyman; , ifamanwritelittle, hehadneedhaveagreatmemory; ifheconferlittle, hehadneedhaveapresentwit; andifhereadlittle, hehadneedhavemuchcunning, toseemtoknowthathedothnot.
Historiesmakemenwise; poets, witty; themathematics, subtile; naturalphilosophy, deep; moral, grave; logicandrhetoric, .(Studiesgotomakeupaman’scharacter.)
Naythereisnostandorimpedimentinthewit, butmaybewroughtoutbyfitstudies: ; shootingforthelungsandbreast; gentlewalkingforthestomach ; ridingforthehead; andthelike.
Soifaman’switbewandering, lethimstudythemathematics; forindemonstrations, ifhiswitbecalledawayneversolittle, , lethimstudytheschoolmen; fortheyarecyminisectores (Hair-splitters).Ifhebenotapttobeatovermatters, andtocalluponethingtoproveandillustrateanother, lethimstudythelawyers’.
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1)Whatismainideaofthepassage?
2)Whatarethefunctionsofstudies? Explaineachfunction?
3)Whataredifferentpeople’sattitudestowardsstudies?
4)Howcanwereadbooksefficiently?
5)What’sthedifferencebetweenreadingandwriting?
6)Aresocialsciencesandliberalartsimportantforstudy? Why?
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1)Studiesservefordelight, forornament, andforability.
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2)Craftymencontemnstudies, simplemenadmirethem, andwisemenusethem.
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3)Somebooksaretobetasted, otherstobeswallowed, andsomefewtobechewedanddigested.
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4)Readingmakethafullman; conferenceareadyman; andwritinganexactman.
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