Both alienation and anxiety lead precisely to a sense of «aloneness» in an unfriendly universe, from which Fry - like counsels of despair, the personal and social constructivism of post-modernity or quixotic heroic - ness in the face of comic tragedy all arise, though in different ways. (faith.org.uk)
Yet in most cases it is the economists who have maintained faith in human ingenuity and initiative and who have rejected counsels of despair and control. (firstthings.com)
(P. 330) But to assert the intelligibility of Reality is to my mind a counsel of despair. (religion-online.org)