QuoteMemorizeAges 16–18 · The Liberal Education
“Tolle, lege. Tolle, lege. — Take up and read. Take up and read.”
— Augustine (hearing a child), 400
Confessions, Book VIII
The child's voice Augustine heard in the garden in Milan. He opened Paul's letter to the Romans and was converted.
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St. Augustine
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