“ And so he learned to read. From then on his progress was rapid. ”
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes (1912). copy citation
| Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
|---|---|
| Source | Tarzan of the Apes |
| Topic | reading learning progress |
| Date | 1912 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/78/78-h/78-h.htm |
Context
“He was a M-A-N, they were A-P-E-S, and the little apes which scurried through the forest top were M-O-N-K-E-Y-S. He knew, too, that old Sabor was a L-I-O-N-E-S-S, and Histah a S-N-A-K-E, and Tantor an E-L-E-P-H-A-N-T. And so he learned to read. From then on his progress was rapid. With the help of the great dictionary and the active intelligence of a healthy mind endowed by inheritance with more than ordinary reasoning powers he shrewdly guessed at much which he could not really understand, and more often than not his guesses were close to the mark of truth.”
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