Why Is William Osler's Time To Read?

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An average reader can read a book at the speed of 300 words a minute, but it’s difficult to keep the speed to read hard book. If an average reader can insist on reading 15 minutes a day, then he can read 20 books one year. William Osler is one of the greatest of all modern physicians whose greatness owe to wide reading. Osler read 15 minutes every day before he goes to bed so that he can get much knowledge. The last 15 minutes before sleep is a period time to read, but it isn’t the only one; people can read when they are not doing something else or waiting. Everyone can find their own 15 minutes to read, but the matter is whether he’s willing to

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