self-council

Updated: May 26, 2025

He recalled at this moment the admirable precept of an ancient sage, that in such a conflict of duties the doubter should incline to the course least agreeable to himself, inasmuch as the reasons against it are sure to be urged the most feebly in self-council.

R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore - Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War