Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

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Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. - John Locke

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Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. - Ice Prince quotes