act of care

Every act of care for the poor must depart from knowledge of the person (you know the miserable situation...).

"Venality" used in a pejorative but accurate sense, is used when describing apparent acts of care with an ulterior mercenary motive.

Kindness and compassion as a feeling cost nothing and do nothing, however, as an act of care cost a lot of time, nerves and money in the form of the basic care.

Thus, if the child appears with a bleeding wound the cotton wool not only performs well in staunching the flow, but it gives satisfaction because the mother has no fears about its cleanliness, and because the use of the material represents a special act of care.