of the ascetic life. He did manual labor,19 for he had heard that he that is lazy, neither let him eat.20 Some of his earnings he spent for bread and some he gave to the poor. He prayed constantly, having learnt that we must pray in private21 without cease.22 Again, he was so attentive at the reading of the Scripture lessons that nothing escaped him: he retained everything23 and so his memory served him in place of books. 4. Thus lived Antony and he was loved by all. He, in turn, subjected himself