Education Quote: G. M. Trevelyan on Knowing What Is Worth Reading

September 4, 2007 1 min read

You don't always need to say very much to get your point across. This quote by the historian G. M. Trevelyan on the limits of basic literacy is a good example:

"Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading."

Very well put. For another take on the same theme, see Drowning in Information, Starving for Knowledge.

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