 Bertrand Russell Quotes 366 |
After dinner, my wife and I used to read aloud in turns, and in this way we ploughed through large numbers of standard histories in many volumes. I think the last book that we read in this way was the History of the City of Rome by Gregorovius. This was intellectually the most fruitful period of my life, and I owe a debt of gratitude to my first wife for having made it possible.
Source: Bertrand Russell: The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell, v.１, chap. 5: First marriage, 1967
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Reading silently has its advantages, but reading aloud also has its advantages. If you read aloud to several people and listen to each other, you can notice if you pronounce something incorrectly, and you may even be able to tell that the person is reading without understanding. Repeatedly reading aloud will also help you to speak more clearly to others, which will help you in your lectures. Russell was a good speaker and always drew large audiences, and it is likely that his habit of reading aloud in his youth helped him. In our times?, students were made to read aloud in Japanese and Chinese literature classes, and the habit seems to have remained strong even today. Some people have been cured of stuttering by repeated reading aloud. The most famous example is King George VI (1895-1952) of the United Kingdom, known from the film The King's Speech.
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