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Knowledge may be acquired through conversation, watching television or traveling, but the deepest and most (36)_________ way is through reading. If we consider the (37)_________ population of the world, we may conclude that a few spend their whole lives on academic reading; many read something light for (38)_________, and a few dip into something more serious now and then; while very many men, women and children never advance (39)_________the sports page of a newspaper, a fashion article or the (40)_________. If you have learnt to love books as a child, the reading habit will never (41)_________you. But if this has not been your good (42)_________, you tend to think of reading as a bore. A few, but very few, come to the habit late in life. In order to (43) _________ to read one must be curious. (44) __________________. But many fail to do so either because of an over-strict system where what is most important is memory work or because of a careless and lazy one where even the basic disciplines of literacy are ignored in the sacred name of free expression. (45) __________________. And we may add to this the worldwide atmosphere of violence and disorder, the New Dark Age in which we live today. Many of us no longer have the peace of mind necessary to a quiet hour with a book. (46) __________________.