On Sunday also let all devote themselves to reading, except those who are appointed to the various functions.

But children, for such a fault, shall be whipped.

He should have absolutely not anything: neither a book, nor tablets, nor a pen-nothing at all.-For indeed it is not allowed to the monks to have their own bodies or wills in their own power.

rising without delay

: "Lord I am not worthy

Here the prophet shows that, if at times we ought to refrain from useful speech for the sake of silence, how much more ought we to abstain from evil words on account of the punishment due to sin.

To honor all men (cf 1 Pt 2:17).

give their advice with humble submission, and let them not presume stubbornly to defend what seems right to them, for it must depend rather on the Abbot's will

We are distinguished with Him in this respect alone, if we are found to excel others in good works and in humility. Therefore, let him have equal charity for all, and impose a uniform discipline for all according t

let him understand what a difficult and arduous task he assumes in governing souls and accommodating

I do indeed know that Alexander, of all the monarchs of old, was the only one who had the nobility of heart to be sorry for his mistakes.

continue, to share with you the dangers and hardships of war, and of these some have been killed, some, disabled by wounds, have been left behind in various parts of Asia, and more still have died of sickness, so that only a few from that great army are left, a small remnant broken in health, their old vigor and determination gone. Every man of them longs to see his parents again, if they yet survive, or his wife, or his children; all are yearning

These natives either surrender without a blow or are caught on the run—or leave their country undefended for your taking and when we take it, we make a present of it to those who have joined us of their own free will and fight at our side

while others swore that they would go no further not even if Alexander himself led them.

The Great King was there in person with his army, and once the battle was over, nothing would remain but to crown their many labors with the sovereignty of Asia. He reminded them, further, of what they had already so brilliantly accomplished together

hey will be fighting for pay and not much of it at that; we, on the contrary, shall fight for Greece, and, our hearts will be in it.

Of reading and writing, they learned only enough to serve their turn; all the rest of their training was calculated to make them obey commands well, endure hardships, and conquer in battle.

after spending a short time with his bride, he went away composedly to his usual quarters, there to sleep with the other young men. And so he continued to do from that time on, spending his days with his comrades, and sleeping with them at night, but visiting his bride by stealth and with every precaution

Marriage, as he ordained it, must only take place in the prime of bodily vigor, this too being, as he believed, a condition conducive to the production of healthy offspring. Or again, to meet the case which might occur of an old man wedded to a young wife.

he who so falls among the champions and loses his sweet life,so blessing with honor his city, his father, and all his people, with wounds in his chest, where the spear that he was facing has transfixedthat massive guard of his shield, and gone through his breastplate as well,

Here is courage, mankind's finest possession, here isthe noblest prize that a young man can endeavor to win,