Otherwise,nothing made sense. When the contending precepts belong to different categories oflaw, the higher law must be followed. Inthe strict sense, only those evils are punishments which are inflictedby the lawgiver against the will of the offender as a vindication ofjustice violated by the personal offense of the latter. --Restitution forDefamation (2085-2102).
o choice but to follow the safer side, for then,though it is probable that a certain thing is a fact, it is notprobable that one has a right to act. --Stipends (2716). The delights of heaven are results ofthat vision, not its end. But lawloses its efficacy if each one is free to decide that he is not boundeven when the greater weight of probability is to the contrary.
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