No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.

Ezra Pound
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When you read a book, you’re absorbing its content and learning the author’s ideas. But when you live the book, you learn it in a different way. You’re applying what you’ve read to your daily life. You can see how the author got to his conclusions and how to apply them to your own challenges and situations.

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