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The strikers had shown no disposition to use force against those who remained at work . The court told the jury that in passing upon the question of intent , they might consider the evidence that the defendant showed a disposition to use the pistol . Association does not prove a causal relation , and the use of marijuana may merely be symptomatic of an underlying disposition to use psychoactive drugs rather than a " stepping stone " to involvement with more dangerous substances . It had to be admitted that she bore herself with increasing dignity ; moreover , that she showed a disposition to use her means and influence for what are called good ends . His Honor charged the jury that if the defendant was off his own premises and had in his possession a pistol , the law made the fact prima facie evidence of concealment , and the fact being found or admitted , the burden of proof was shifted from the state to the defendant to show to the satisfaction of the jury that there was in fact no concealment ; and if the defendant , being off his own premises , had the pistol concealed in his pocket or in his dinner basket , and the basket was on his lap , he is guilty , provided he had any criminal intent in so concealing it ; and in passing upon the question of intent , they could consider the fact the defendant showed a disposition to use the pistol in the difficulty between Morgan and himself . The scholarship on " critical thinking " and " higher order thinking " regularly underscores the central importance of disposition to use the skill to exhibiting mastery of the skill . Our character is our deliberate disposition to use a certain range of reasons for our actions rather than others ( such a range is usually what is meant by moral vision ) , for it is by having reasons and forming our actions accordingly that our character is at once revealed and molded . Monday morning , about three , was awakened from sleep asked who was at the door ; the reply was , " Get up quick , or we will burn you up ; " asked what they intended to do ; they said , " Free the country of Slavery ; " told me they were going to take me to Harper 's Ferry ; dressed myself , and when I got to the door they had all my blacks , seven in number ; we were all put into a wagon ; the negroes were then all armed with pikes ; all the men who took us up were armed ; we went to the Armory-yard , where I was put in charge of one of Brown 's party ; afterward we were ordered into the watch-house ; saw Col. Washington there ; Brown came and spoke to us about our getting two negroes to take our places , and then he would release us ; nothing further was said about that ; Brown 's rifle was cocked all the time ; the negroes were placed in the watch-house with spears in their hands ; the slaves showed no disposition to use them witness was afterward transferred to the engine-house ; several negroes were there saw Phil making port-holes by Brown 's order ; the other negroes were doing nothing , and had dropped their spears ; some of them were asleep nearly all the time [ laughter ] ; when the marines made the assault , Brown 's party took position behind the engine and aimed at the door ; Brown was in front , squatting ; he fired at the marines , and my opinion is , that he killed that marine . Instead of uttering the earnest protests against the spirit of proselytism and sectarianism as did the blessed Jesus - - the divine , the holy , the born of God , there is the servile accommodation to this sectarian spirit and an observance of those forms even long after there is any claim of virtue in them ; a disposition to use language which shall convey belief that in the inmost heart of many they reject .