The Conferences of John Cassian. Part I. Containing Conferences I-X 43An objection on the ease of that abstinence in which a man is sustained by two biscuits.

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An objection on the ease of that abstinence in which a man is sustained by two biscuits.

And this we gladly embraced, and answered that we should scarcely consider this limit as abstinence, as we could not possibly reach it entirely.