It is better to read a little and thoroughly than cram a crude undiges…

Thomas Huxley
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It is better to read a little and thoroughly than cram a crude undigested mass into my head, though it be great in quantity. ✨ Leonard Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, p.17, Cambridge University Press
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It is better to read a little and thoroughly than cram a crude undigested mass into my head, though it be great in quantity. ✨ Leonard Huxley, Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, p.17, Cambridge University Press

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