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You will find that your comprehension of any book will be enormously increased if you only go to the trouble of finding its important words, identifying their shifting meanings, and coming to terms. Seldom does such a small change in habit have such a large effect.
You will find that your comprehension of any book will be enormously increased if you only go to the trouble of finding its important words, identifying their shifting meanings, and coming to terms. Seldom does such a small change in habit have such a large effect.
Approximate author period: c. 1951 AD · modern
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- Mortimer J. Adler
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- Approximate author period: c. 1951 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Mortimer J. Adler: life dates 1902 to 2001. Wikidata Q313929, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313929 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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