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“James was generous with his time to any friend who needed it—as well as to some, like Lawson, who did not! When one friend had eye trouble and could not read, James spent an hour each evening reading out his bookwork for the next day. He bucked up fellow students when they were depressed and on several occasions nursed others who were sick. He helped freshmen who were having trouble with their studies. He also found time to keep up a lively correspondence with his father, Aunt Jane, Lewis Campbell and others.”
― Basil Mahon, The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell

“When we read too fast or too slowly, we understand nothing.”
― Blaise Pascal

“(“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them”).”
― James Gleick, Isaac Newton

“The modern boy and girl are certainly taught more subjects—but does that always mean that they actually know more?”
― Dorothy L. Sayers, The Lost Tools of Learning