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Saint Augustine

noun

(Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace (354-430). Synonyms: Augustine, Augustine of Hippo, St. Augustine.

A resort city in northeastern Florida; the oldest city in the United States. Synonym: St. Augustine.

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... as great an aid to the cultivation of the mind as reading. It is indeed indispensable, and the accuracy of thought and expression of which Bacon speaks, is but one of its good results. "By writing," says Saint Augustine, "I have learned many things which nothing else had taught me." There is, of course, no question here of writing for publication. To do this no one should be urged. The farther we are from all thought of readers, the nearer are we to truth; ...

— Education and the Higher Life • J. L. Spalding

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