﻿Augustine's 
  declaration, 
  35 
  

  

  many 
  of 
  those 
  questions, 
  he 
  does 
  not 
  under- 
  

   stand 
  the 
  sense 
  in 
  which 
  Moses 
  wrote. 
  All 
  

   the 
  more 
  does 
  he 
  admire 
  his 
  words, 
  "so 
  

   sublime 
  in 
  their 
  humility, 
  so 
  rich 
  in 
  their 
  

   reserve 
  " 
  (alta 
  humilitcr, 
  patica 
  copiose) 
  ; 
  then 
  

   follows 
  (lib. 
  xii. 
  c. 
  31) 
  a 
  passage 
  which, 
  — 
  

   considering 
  the 
  age 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  written, 
  

   considering 
  also 
  the 
  vague 
  notions 
  entertained 
  

   by 
  St. 
  Augustine 
  himself, 
  and 
  by 
  all 
  the 
  

   world 
  in 
  his 
  time, 
  on 
  the 
  rank 
  and 
  import- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  the 
  natural 
  sciences, 
  — 
  is 
  surely 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  most 
  remarkable 
  passages 
  ever 
  written 
  by 
  

   Theologian 
  or 
  Philosopher. 
  "For 
  myself," 
  he 
  

   says, 
  "I 
  declare 
  boldly, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   of 
  my 
  heart, 
  that 
  if 
  I 
  were 
  called 
  to 
  write 
  

   something 
  which 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  invested 
  with 
  

   supreme 
  authority, 
  I 
  should 
  desire 
  most 
  so 
  to 
  

  

  D 
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