Glossary
- abettors those who incite, sanction, or help, especially in wrongdoing
- abhorrence a feeling of aversion or loathing
- discourses communications, especially lectures or writings
- hirelings persons whose loyalty or services are for hire
- imperious urgent, imperative
- inculcated impressed upon the mind by frequent repetition or strong urging
- palsied afflicted with paralysis of any voluntary muscle
- pernicious causing great injury, destruction, or ruin
- prospectus a document outlining the main features of a new enterprise or project
- recantation an act of withdrawal or renunciation, especially in a public setting
