What would it have hurt to put her studies aside for one day?
I began my studies with eagerness.
Between my studies and work, I have enough to keep my mind occupied.
Origen's textual studies on the Old Testament were undertaken partly in order to improve the manuscript tradition, and partly for apologetic reasons, to clear up the relation between the LXX and the original Hebrew text.
That he still pursued his studies of military affairs is shown by the compilation of further plans for the Italian campaign.
