From this he realized that of the specialist know ledge one learns at university, one is not likely to use more than 10-20 % in one's future career. But the most valuable things he gained from his student days were the habit of reading and the ability to think independently.
因而體認到學校教的專業知識，未來能用得到的可能性只有十分之一到十分之二，但是學生時代真正讓他一生受用不盡的學習是，養成讀書習慣和獨立思考的能力。