NECESSITARIANS
\nəsˌɛsɪtˈe͡əɹi͡ənz], \nəsˌɛsɪtˈeəɹiənz], \n_ə_s_ˌɛ_s_ɪ_t_ˈeə_ɹ_iə_n_z]\
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The doctrine of necessity is that liberty can be predicated only of actions done in consequence of volitions; but not of the volitions themselves; of which last motives, they say, are the cause; while the doctrine of liberty is that motives are not the cause, but the occasion. Calvinists have generally been Necessitarians.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.