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he same kind of goods as those of which the offended party wasdeprived; and hence dishonor is repaired by honor, disrespect byrespect. True, in somecases there may be no prospect of a child, or there may be provisionfor its proper rearing; Examples of the former are found inthe Gospels, where Our Lord drives out many evil spirits from afflictedpersons; examples of the la The celibate isunencumbered by family responsibilities and expenses, and is thereforebetter able to respond to difficu

tate the natural act, or toassure the accomplishment of the end of the natural act regularlyperformed. able; and the common opinion is that itstrengthens a contract extrinsically, that is, it induces an obligationof religion Just as it is more senseless to taketoo much salt or other relish in food than to take too little, becausethe salt is secondary, so it is more foolish to play too much than toolittle. ness, 2563 a; malice ofthe sins against studiousness, 2564 a; negligence, a sin againststudiousness, 2564 b.