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The more that you read, The more things you will know. The more that you learn, The more places you’ll go.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is the most compact pitch for reading that Seuss ever wrote: knowing leads to learning, learning leads to going places. Because it sounds so much like his famous graduation book, people attach it to Oh, the Places You'll Go! all the time, which is why it appears on school walls, library posters and bookmarks with the wrong title.
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In context
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These four lines are not from Oh, the Places You'll Go! but from I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!, a Beginner Book published by Random House on October 12, 1978. In it the Cat in the Hat shows Young Cat how much fun reading can be, and that it works far better with eyes open, since that is how you learn things. Seuss wrote it after his own eyesight began to fade and dedicated it to his ophthalmologist, David Worthen, whom he called E.G., the Eye Guy.
Sources (2)
- I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! (Wikipedia)Intro and HistoryReference checked
- Dr. Seuss on WikiquoteI Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978) sectionReference checked
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