Show iH 0 0 OW Dy JEAN E IT NEWTON EO ED t The Word Vacillate cc HE E IS so vacillatIng In his rulings that a lawyer really never knows knos kno s where here he stands That is a criticism occasionally made by attorneys about jUdges before whom hom they try cases Vacillation implies Inconstancy instability In stability not being sure of oneself or orone orone one s opinions It embodies the Idea ot of tremulous In- In IndecIsion in decIsion whIch Is ot of course especIally notIceable In the case of a jUdge who Is called upon constantly to rule off off- offhand offhand hand upon objections and points of law raised by lawyers In It Is a quality bowe however er which Is found In many pee veo pIe In other fields of endeavor That the word vacillate comes by Its meaning honestly Is Indicated by tracing Its source This done we find that It Is derIved directly and perfectly from the Latin In which language the verb means to sway to and fro Belt Bell Syndicate Service |