Excerpt from Rule and Constitutions of the Religious Sisters of Mercy The Sisters admitted to this Religious Congregation, besides attending particularly to their own perfection, Which is the prin cipal end of all Religious Orders, should also have in View What is peculiarly char acteristic of this Institute - that is, a most serious application to the Instruction of Poor Girls, Visitation of the Sick, and Protection of Distressed Women of good character. 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.