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• That difference being that one is done with the intent to cause harm, and the other is not necessarily the same - the harm is a by-product of the act itself
• When Charles V. of Spain, in the year 1547, came through Thuringia upon a march to Franconia and Suabia, this lady, the Dowager Countess Katharina of Schwarzburg, got a letter of protection from him, to the effect that none of her subjects should suffer any harm from the Spanish troops. —  Chatterbox, 1906
• The disk harrow has some place as a substitute for a plow, but when its use results in making a soil more shallow, the harm is a most serious one Cultivation of Plants.--If a soil would remain mellow throughout the season, there usually would be no reason to disturb the roots of plants by any deep stirring, and all tillage would be only deep enough to make a mulch of earth for the retention of moisture and to destroy all weeds. —  Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement
• To assume the prerogative of privately doing oneself justice, when recourse can be had to the tribunals of justice, is to sin, and every act committed in this pursuit of justice is unlawful and criminal This applies likewise to all the other cases of self-defense wherein life, virtue and wealth are concerned, if the harm is already done, or if legal measures can prevent the evil, or undo it. —  Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals
• In this case the quantity of harm aggravates the sin directly, because then the harm is the direct object of the sin. —  Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition

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