Something more than just learning a new language. Not so simple as that. Learning a new language implies having already learnt the first one. Learning a new language isn't just about the words. There is the context, the history, culture, and sense. There is the need to read and read and read. To observe, feel, and breathe. Now that's learning
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater - Thomas de Quincey
The text is a bit dense; he loves his long sentences and digressions. But interesting all the same about the pleasures of opium and the pain of coming off. A nineteenth century Trainspotting
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