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==Marginalia and the Yin-Yang of Reading and Writing ==
 * by [|Maria Popova] **

//"When you buy a book, you establish a property right in it, just as you do in clot// //hes or furniture when you buy and pay for them. But the act of purchase is actually only the prelude to possession in the case of a book. Full ownership of a book only comes when you have made it a part of yourself, and the best way to make yourself a part of it — which comes to the same thing — is by writing in it. //

//Why is marking a book indispensable to reading it? First, it keeps you awake — not merely conscious, but wide awake. Second, reading, if it is active, is thinking, and thinking tends to express itself in words, spoken or written. The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks. Third, writing your reactions down helps you to remember the thoughts of the author.//

//Reading a book should be a conversation between you and the author. Presumably he knows more about the subject than you do; if not, you probably should not be bothering with his book. But understanding is a two-way operation; the learner has to question himself and question the teacher, once he understands what the teacher is saying. Marking a book is literally an expression of your differences or your agreements with the author. It is the highest respect you can pay him.”//

From How to Read a Book, originally written by Mortimer Adler in 1940 and revised with Charles van Doren in 1972. The Social Life of Marginalia

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===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|How to Boost Your Reading Comprehension by Reading Smarter and More Conscientiously] ===

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Liberation Serif',serif; font-size: 26px; vertical-align: baseline;">It's kind of old-school, but here's a mini lesson on annotating text that's helpful.

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