How does the speaker of "when i heard the learn'd astronomer" prefer to learn about nature? by experiencing it directly by being taught by a lecturer by reading about it in a textbook by sharing it with friends

The speaker of "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" prefers to learn about nature by experiencing it directly.

He leaves his class to go out and look at the stars, because he thinks this method is better to learn such things than listen to a boring lecture.