True Work is that which occupies the mind and the heart, as well as the hands. It has a beginning and an ending. It is the overcoming of difficulties one thinks important for the sake of results one thinks valuable. Jacques Barzun Oddments of High Unimportance: True Work Source: highunimportance9.blogspot.com

Serious reading, after all, should be active, focused, engaged—and Cooper suggested some ways to make it so. First, read aloud—at least some of the time. “Every line of Shakespeare, every line of Milton, is meant to be pronounced, cannot be duly appreciated until it is pronounced.” Second, read slowly. “Take ample time. Pause where the …