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CONF · Augustine · 400 · EN · 256 paragraphs · newadvent.org ↗

I resolved, therefore, to direct my mind to the Holy Scriptures , that I might see what they were. And behold, I perceive something not comprehended by the proud , not disclosed to children, but lowly as you approach, sublime as you advance, and veiled in mysteries ; and I was not of the number of those who could enter into it, or bend my neck to follow its steps. For not as when now I speak did I feel when I tuned towards those Scriptures, but they appeared to me to be unworthy to be compared with the dignity of Tully; for my inflated pride shunned their style, nor could the sharpness of my wit pierce their inner meaning. Yet, truly , were they such as would develope in little ones; but I scorned to be a little one, and, swollen with pride , I looked upon myself as a great one.