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(b) If the law merely declares that a contract is illegal, the effectseems to be that the contract retains its natural validity unless theparty who has suffered by it wishes to disavow it. It isnever lawful to be timorous, insensible, cowardly, or foolhardy--to doanything intrinsically wrong, even to escape death (see 317, 318). (c) The Duty of Retaining. of using signs against one's mindis not serious, and the harm done society by mere denial of truth isnot

bly (after obtaining the penitent's permission to speak aboutconfession matter) to retract, even outsi (b) Penal Vow. ct imposes on theparty who has benefited by the services or expenses of another a moralobligation of making compensation. The pastor obtainsthis power when he acquires the office.