Reading books, starting from common variations, gradually getting familiar with the subject C&R and moving towards rare variations, that style matches Chairman Mao's revolutionary pattern -- "occupying countryside first, gradually moving towards central cities". It took Mao 22 years to gain the whole control.
Jumping directly into nice rare C&R, that's Lenin's October revolutionary pattern -- uprising directly in a few big cities, setup government, then moving towards outside. That's fast.
Which way is better... depends on context...
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