How the Cavaliers are going to be champions
...our reading, our conversation and thinking, are all on a very low level, worthy only of pygmies and manikins.” II. Explication A. The words that come from books possess knowledge, which is more valuable than money itself. The words that come from books can bring you more money because you have more knowledge (silver dollar vs. golden words). You should also continue to read more difficult books when you are done with school to expand your knowledge. B. See Poster. C. Books, especially of Homer and Aeschylus, possess some of the greatest value. Thoreau mentions how books by these authors are classics and the “noblest recorded thoughts of man”. Thoreau also talks about how most people choose to read easy books instead of more challenging ones and reading these books puts our thinking at a very low level. ...