I just now downloaded it from that site using the link in my post 2522. Would you say the above statement would then be an untruth? I downloaded it in txt format from a list of many available. It only took about 10 seconds to download. Microsoft word opens it in txt format with 168 pages.
The beginning of the book starts thus:
Explanation of Catholic Morals
The Project Gutenberg eBook, Explanation of Catholic Morals, by John H. Stapleton
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Title: Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals
Author: John H. Stapleton
Release Date: May 23, 2006 [eBook #18438]
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Here is the entire content of the link in your post 2522:
Explanation of Catholic Morals
A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals
Author: John H. Stapleton
Published: 1904
Language: English
Wordcount: 100,023 / 295 pg
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease: 67.9
LoC Category: BL Downloads: 981
Added to site: 2006.05.24
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An abomination before men may be something very different in His sight who searches the heart and reins of man and measures evil by the malice of the evil-doer. The only good or evil He sees in our deeds is the good or evil we ourselves see in them before or while we act.
Violence and fear may oppress the will, and thereby prove destructive to the morality of an act and the responsibility of the agent. Certain it is, that we can be forced to act against our will, to perform that which we abhor, and do not consent to do. Such force may be brought to bear upon us as we cannot withstand. Fear may influence us in a like manner. It may paralyze our faculties and rob us of our senses. Evidently, under these conditions, no voluntary act is possible, since the will does not concur and no consent is given. The subject becomes a mere tool in the hands of another.
Can violence and fear do more than this? Can it not only rob us of the power to will, not only force us to act without consent, but also force
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As you can see, it has 295 pages, not 168
So which of the 168 or 295 pages is that comment on?