Augustine Taught

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“Ignorance itself is without a doubt a sin for those who do not wish to understand; for those who, however, cannot understand, it is the punishment of sin.”
—St. Augustine (354–430)

“The mind of this country, taught to aim at low objects, eats upon itself.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)