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But now let my God cry more loudly in my soul,
\nso that your truth may tell me, “No, that is
\nnot the case; it is not true.<\/p>\n
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The primary teaching
\nis better in every respect.” I am undoubtedly more
\nready today to forget the wanderings of Aeneas and
\nso forth than how to write or read. Curtains may
\nwell hang at the entrance to schools of literature,
\nbut they serve less to signal the prestige of elite
\ninstruction than to conceal error.<\/p>\n
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Let not those buyers
\nand sellers of literary studies shout me down, my God,
\nas I confess to you according to my soul’s need, and
\nacquiesce as you chide me for those evil ways of mine
\nand bring me to love your good ways;<\/p>\n
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let them not shout
\nme down, for I fear no longer.<\/p>\n
Saint Augustine (354-430)<\/p>\n
the Confessions (Book 1 P. 26. 22)<\/p>\n
The Works of Saint Augustine A Translation for the 21st Century<\/p>\n
from the Augustinian Heritage Institute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
But now let my God cry more loudly in my soul, so that your truth may tell me, “No, that is not the case; it is not true. The primary teaching is better in every respect.” I am undoubtedly more ready today to forget the wanderings of Aeneas and so forth than how to… <\/p>\n