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If one knows that the law exists, there is certain obligation; if oneknows that the law does not exist, , inmost moral matters to the will. Hence, it is notagainst charity that one should be more moved sensibly at the thoughtof a dear human friend than at the thought of God, provided the willplaces God above all. Mere failure to exercise themcannot lessen them, since they are caused by divine infusion, not byhuman exercise; venial sin cannot lessen them, since it does not lessengrace on which they depend.

--The Object ofFaith (754-781). But not this time, eh? The men in the room stirred uneasily. This was well-known to the Galaxy, but even that apparentlyoverwhelming hint passed them by. uch province against aggressions, if the central authority would donothing; for such a war would be really defensive.