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“State it in your own words!' This suggests the best test we know of to tell whether you have understood the proposition or propositions of a sentence."… "But if it becomes clear that you are unable to part with the author's words, it shows that only words have been conveyed to you, not thoughts or knowledge.”

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Book:How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
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“Though, strictly speaking, there can be no absolutely passive reading, many people think that, as compared with writing and speaking, which are obviously active understankings, reading and listening are entirely passive. The writer or speaker must put out some effort, but no work need be done by the reader or listener. Reading and listening are though of as receiving communication from someone who is actively engaged in giving or sending it. The mistake here is to suppose that receiving communication is like receiving a blow or a legacy or a judgment from the court. On the contrary, the reader or listener is much more like the catcher in a game of baseball.”

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Book:How to Read a Book: The Art of Getting a Liberal Education
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