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Ezra Pound

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.

Ezra Pound

Men

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Ezra Pound means that people need real-life experiences related to a book’s subject before they can truly grasp its meaning. Without having lived through or witnessed similar situations, readers cannot fully comprehend the deeper ideas in complex books.

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