That was the second step in Father's plot, and I saw through it only because I had discovered the first. They are the wisdom of all the ages. From them you can get everything you need, provided you read them intelligently and carefully. Read the books, Son, with two things in mind - how they are written, and why they are written. Each person who writes a book has something in mind.
Some purpose is behind it.
There are good books and bad books. Page 47 reading the bad ones. After you read enough books you can pick one from the other by yourself. I looked up at him, as he said these last words, for without intending to he had given himself away to me. Realizing it, he looked quickly at me, and saw the knowledge in my eyes.