Witnesses for Christ And Memorials of Church Life : From the Fourth to the Thirteenth Century V.1
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by a knot of acquaintances and fellow-students — '— ' returning from dinner, who with friendly violence drew him towards the amphitheatre, he all the while resisting. " You may," he protested, "drag my body thither and seat me there, but you cannot force me to lend my mind or my eyes to the spectacle." Nevertheless they carried him in with them and took their places. Soon the customary- excitement seized the vast crowd. For a while Alypius kept his eyes firmly closed, but on the fall of one of ...the combatants, there arose so mighty a cry, that, overcome by curiosity, his resolution gave way, and he looked on the scene before him. Instantly the sight of the blood brought back all the old craving ; he fixed his gaze until he was intoxicated with the sanguinary pastime, and joined in the universal shout. " From all this, didst Thou," adds Augustine, " with a most powerful and a most merciful hand pluck him, and teach him not to trust in himself but in Thee." ' The schools of rhetoric at Carthage were very disorderly, and although that of Augustine enjoyed a high reputation, he longed for a more quiet chair, where discipline still held something of her ancient sway.
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