Reason , n. ( page 302 ).
Questions.
1. How does cause differ from reason in the strict sense of each of the two words? 2. How is reason often used so as to be a partial equivalent of cause?
Examples.
No one is at liberty to speak ill of another without a justifiable ——, even tho he knows he is speaking truth.
I am not only witty myself, but the —— that wit is in other men.
Necessity is the —— of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
Alas! how light a —— may move
Dissension between hearts that love!