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John Locke

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

Knowledge

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When we read, we gather information, but simply collecting facts does not make them truly understood or personal. It is by actively reflecting on and processing what we read that we turn that information into our own knowledge.

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