gain and loss

Hi there,

Can you say it like this?

If we don't read more books, we will have loss.
If we read more books, we will have more gain.

Thanks
pete

If we don't read more books, we will have loss (of what???)


If we read more books, we will have more gain (of what??)


Suggestion:

If we don't read more books, we will lose our ability to grow intelligently.

If we read more books, we will gain more intelligence.