In William Wordsworths peom "The Tables Turned" he talks about "Books! tis a dull and endless strife" this shows how hes stating that a book is only as good as the words read from it. You can only perceive the picture the author is trying to create. A picture is worth a thousand words is true because you cant capture all of natures beauty by words alone.
The things one can learn from observing its surrounding are far more valuable than reading only. I especially like the lines "Come, hear the woodland linnet, How sweet his music! on my life, There's more of wisdom in it". This hits home nicely because even the most impressive and insightful classical music doesn't hold a candle to the sound and song of nature in my opinion. Nature has been the oldest Wisest teacher that the human race has had since existence long before books were written or even languages were formed. The things you can learn from nature without having any form of education can surely rival what your taught in school and in texts its just a matter of how apply the information given to you.
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