If reason to the contrary can be given, well and good; but in the absence of countervailing testimony we abide by our inference, holding it to be sound.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
But it was the abuses of the compulsory powers of the guilds that led to industrial freedom; and, on the other hand, industrial freedom has great countervailing advantages of its own which he scruples to give up.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Monaco has special attractions of its own which triumphantly withstand all countervailing influences.
"Faces and Places"
Henry William Lucy