Book excerpt: Excerpt from Constitutions and Rules of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 5. Therefore, first of all, let each one take care of her own perfection and the salvation of her own soul, and, giv ing them the first place, let her spare no endeavor to obtain them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.