There are two exceptions to the rules just given: (a) A personshould not risk his life for another's life, if he thereby endangershis own salvation (e. , to please God, as thepurpose of a work of charity). But it is not. --(a) Faith is the beginning ofthe supernatural life, the foundation and the root of justification,without which it is impossible to please God and arrive at fellowshipwith Him.
--Other Questions (573). But I am important and they \endash they, you understand \endash may atleast have calculated my probable reaction. THE DUTIES OF ALL CLASSES OF MEN (The Moral Virtues)Art. (b) In external acts proceeding from charity, however, there is apossibility of excess, since these acts are a means to an end, and haveto be measured by charity and reason.
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