Book And Experience

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Maxim Gorky once said, “Books are the stepping stones to human progress.” This is what books are all about. Books can serve us as a guide to our lives and also be a great help to correct our mistakes, comparing with experience. Books are a very sophisticated life-tour guide. From our childhood years, we set out our journey to learn from books. The knowledge we gain from books and formal education enables us to learn about things that we have no opportunity to experience in daily life. We can study all the places in the world and learn from people we will never meet in our lifetime, just by reading about them in books. We can also develop our analytical skills and critical thinking and learn how to view and interpret the world around us in different ways. Since our living circumstance is very limited, we cannot gain such knowledge from the particular number of people around us. As a result, reading from books perfects our lives. Besides, books also play a very pivotal role in correcting our mistakes. The idea is the same: learning from experience is limited and linear, which only consists of a small group of people in our living environment. However, learning from books is absolutely different. We suddenly stand upon a vast ocean comparing to sit beside a shallow lake when learning from experience. We have a broader view about certain things and occupy a commanding position when trying to mend our ways. For example, we can learn from the past by reading books. In this way, we won’t repeat the mistakes of others and can build on their achievements. To sum up, I would say that learning is certainly beneficial irrespective of its source but if we compare knowledge gained from books with knowledge gained from experience, I feel the former has greater
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