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1 Consternation is, therefore, a species of 2 cowardice. But, inasmuch as consternation arises from a double 3 fear, it may be more conveniently defined as a fear which keeps a 4 man so bewildered and wavering, that he is not able to remove the 5 evil. I say bewildered, in so far as we understand his desire of 6 removing the evil to be constrained by his amazement. I say 7 wavering, in so far as we understand the said desire to be 8 constrained by the fear of another evil, which equally torments 9 him: whence it comes to pass that he knows not, which he may 10 avert of the two. On this subject, see III. xxxix. note, and 11 III. lii. note. Concerning cowardice and daring, see III. li. 12 note. 13 14