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The Duty of One Who Answers Contumely or Detraction. From the time of the Apostles it was customary to distribute tothe poor what was left over of the goods of the Church, and the clergywere regarded as the fathers and protectors of the needy. 15-- Turn away from evil, and do good --for the perfectly justman will both establish the equality of justice by giving others theirdues, and will preserve that equality by refraining from injuries. (a) Thus, on account of the greater physical evils of insobriety intheir regard, the virtue should be especially cultivated by the young,the old, women, and persons of sedentary life.