never be idle
or bored, have to take refuge
in the modern age
On November 18, 1948, Winston Churchill received an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from the University of London during its Foundation Day.
In his response to the award, Mr. Churchill said:
The university education is a guide to the reading of a lifetime.
We should impress upon those who have its advantages the importance of reading the great books of the world and the literature of one’s own country.
One who has profited from university education has a wide choice.
He need never be idle or bored and have to take refuge in the clack and clatter of the modern age, which requires something new not only every day, but every two or three hours of the day.
There is a good saying, which you may have heard before, that when a new book comes out you should read an old one, though I perhaps should not recommend too rigid an application.
Reading something new … every two or three hours of the day.
Sounds about right.
As for the clack and clatter of the modern age …
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