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 some thinking. Lots of folks seem to think that the idea of the text-book is—

but it isn't that way at all;—it gives you something to think about. No one ever got wisdom by swallowing it whole, any more than he'd get a vocabulary by swallowing a dictionary;—it comes only through studying, and working, and contemplating, and proving. If you don't chew things, you'll get mental indigestion,—unless you're just shovelling them into a bag and looking pleasant, the way Bean-stalk Jack did with the hasty pudding."

I got up and stretched my arms. "Bess," I said, "that word 'chew' reminds me of something. You get the chocolate and sugar in shape, and I'll crack the butternuts."