Граф Монте-Крісто

A Learned Italian.

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           "Butforsuchaworkyoumusthaveneededbooks—hadyouany?"

           "IhadnearlyfivethousandvolumesinmylibraryatRome;butafterreadingthemovermanytimes,Ifoundoutthatwithonehundredandfiftywell-chosenbooksamanpossesses,ifnotacompletesummaryofallhumanknowledge,atleastallthatamanneedreallyknow.Idevotedthreeyearsofmylifetoreadingandstudyingtheseonehundredandfiftyvolumes,tillIknewthemnearlybyheart;sothatsinceIhavebeeninprison,averyslighteffortofmemoryhasenabledmetorecalltheircontentsasreadilyasthoughthepageswereopenbeforeme.IcouldreciteyouthewholeofThucydides,Xenophon,Plutarch,TitusLivius,Tacitus,Strada,Jornandes,Dante,Montaigne,Shakespeare,Spinoza,Machiavelli,andBossuet.Inameonlythemostimportant."

           "Youare,doubtless,acquaintedwithavarietyoflanguages,soastohavebeenabletoreadallthese?"

           "Yes,Ispeakfiveofthemoderntongues—thatistosay,German,French,Italian,English,andSpanish;bytheaidofancientGreekIlearnedmodernGreek—Idon’tspeakitsowellasIcouldwish,butIamstilltryingtoimprovemyself."

           "Improveyourself!"repeatedDantes;"why,howcanyoumanagetodoso?"

           "Why,ImadeavocabularyofthewordsIknew;turned,returned,andarrangedthem,soastoenablemetoexpressmythoughtsthroughtheirmedium.

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