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ground, and were composed of common
stuff; 1t was received maxim that the man
ought to be worth more than his clothes
which he wore. The women wore shoes for
decency's sake; the men went bareiooted
except in war; gold and precious stones
were never used to adorn their persons; to
disguise the head under false hair, to die the
har or beard, seemed unworthy Christian.
lhe use of baths was permitted only for
health and cleanliness.


Nevertheless some ornaments were per-
mtted to be used by the females as a means
of pleasing their husbands. They had no
slaves, or as few as possible, no eunuchs, no
dwaris, no monsters, land none ofthose beasts
which the Roman women maintained at the
expense of the poor.


TO support the v gor of the body in youth,
the men exercised themselves in wrestling,
tennis, and in walking, and above all they
accustomed themselves to manual labor
Household matters and domestic service oc-
cupied the women. Dice and other games
OF hasald, the spCctacles of the circus, the
theatre and amphitheatre were forbidden as
source of corruption. They went to
church with measured step, in silence and
with sincere charity. The kiss of peace
was the sign OF recognition among the Chris
tians; they hummed, however, their saluta-
tons in the streets for fear OF betraying them
selves to the inlidcls. All these rules were
evidently made in opposition to the Roman
society, and established us Il censure upon
that society.


Nirginity passed for the most perfect state,
and marriage as being intended by our Gre
ator. The old men said on this subject -
''Ihcre is no care in age aud sickness equal
to that received from ones wife and child
rem. Attach yourselves to the soul; regard
the body but as statue, whose beauty
serves to make you think on its maker, and
to lead you back to true beauty"


They acknowledged that woman was sus-
ccptible OF the same education as man, and
that the Greek, the Barbarian, the slave,
young men and old, women and children
could be philosophical without the aid of let
tcrs: it was the human race returned to its
nature.


"1he Christian honored God in all places,
because God was every where; the life OF a
Christian is one perpetual festival; he prais-
es God in aboring, in voyaging, in the diff
terent states of society,""


Nevertheless there were some hours more
particularly consecrated to prayer, as the
third, sixth and eleventh. They prayed
standing, their faces turned towards the east
and their heads and hands raised towards
heaven. In responding the final orison, they
raised one of their feet symbolicaly, as u
traveller ready to quit the earth.


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