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reason
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reason
1. Philosophy the intellect regarded as a source of knowledge, as contrasted with experience
2. Logic grounds for a belief; a premise of an argument supporting that belief
3. reasons of State political justifications for an immoral act


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Wrth i filwyr ddod yn l o''r Balkans, cafwyd y gwir am yr amodau yno a gyda cherdd Tennyson, diflannodd peth o''r sglein oddi ar ' The Charge of the Light Brigade'', '' Theirs (y milwyr) not to make a reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do or die.
Dim pwrpas cofio os na ddysgwn wersi by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
I did not win that contest, but one famous stanza has remained with me: Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of death Rode the six hundred.
Lesson of the magnolia tree by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
Not tho' the soldier knew Someone had blunder'd Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die.
Bush's undemocratic escalation by Rothschild, Matthew / The Progressive
 
 
 
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