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By a casuistry which is now elevated into an economic principle, but which has no defenders outside the realm of banking,— Bill Totten's Weblog
(This sort of clumsy casuistry was a favorite of the old John Birch Society crowd.)— Clusterfuck Nation by Jim Kunstler
She was not troubled by any of the shilly-shallyings of casuistry, her doctrine was like a bar of iron, her faith never wavered, her conscience knew no scruples.— The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 (of 8) Boule de Suif and Other Stories
So wonderful are Browning's resources in casuistry, and so cunningly does he ravel the intricate motives at play in this tragedy and lay bare the secrets of the heart, that the interest increases at each repetition of the tale.— Brief History of English and American Literature

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