v. Digestion The librarian Magliabechi was famous for his memory and his mania for books. His voracious appetite for books knew no bounds, for it is said that during his life ho "swallowed six rooms full of books." The only line of writing he left to posterity is strung round a medal, and it candidly admits that, to become learned, one must reflect as well as read.
Like the stomach, the brain cannot digest everything that is brought to it, and like the stomach, it is only strengthened by that which it assimilates.
pussion for reading books, to say that one has read them, and to acquire them for one's shelves, is poor makeshift towards learning.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.