evade

• But beginning in the attempt, not to establish, but to evade--not to discover a principle, but to escape a postulate--not to settle the nature of right and wrong, but to determine what was not wrong of a particular nature,--Casuistry went on with its dexterous refinements till it ended in so attenuating the moral features of actions, and so belying the moral instincts of our being, that at length the conscience of mankind rose suddenly in revolt against it, and consigned to one common ruin the system and its doctors. —  Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society
• Quickly she said What do you mean by 'on the square Don't evade," he exclaimed, slightly raising his voice. —  The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life
• Yet he could only evade, not lie directly Yes, Kentucky." —  Rebel Spurs
• If we seek to evade, to postpone, to wrap in mystery these sex questions, the little ones will not forget but will ponder and worry over them, and seek to obtain certain knowledge from others who oftentimes tell too much or too little, and such information is usually mixed with much unnecessary matter which may or may not be foreign to this particular subject. —  The Mother and Her Child
• Until women come to realize this it must still be insisted that the gain to society is nothing if millions of women do the work that men could do better and evade or fulfil poorly the greater tasks of life and happiness, the creation of men and the creation of souls." —  The Family and it's Members

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