In states of Dubitation under impelling elements, the instinct pointing to courageous action is, besides the manlier, conjecturably the right one.
"The Short Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009
This languid spring day while Conny turned over her mail that lay strewn in disorder on her bed, she apparently had one of her worst fits of Dubitation.
"Together"
Robert Herrick (1868-1938)
The Don closed his eyes as one in Dubitation, and then says, lifting his eyebrows: "She is a clever woman-shrewd beyond any I have ever known; then why treat her as you would a foolish child?
"A Set of Rogues"
Frank Barrett