Based on this excerpt from ernest hemingway's "in another country," what is the contextual meaning of the word resign?
"i am sorry," he said, and patted me on the shoulder with his good hand. "i would not be rude. my wife has just died. you must forgive me."
"oh-" i said, feeling sick for him. "i am so sorry."
he stood there biting his lower lip. "it is very difficult," he said. "i cannot resign myself."
he looked straight past me and out through the window. then he began to cry. "i am utterly unable to resign myself," he said and choked. and then crying, his head up looking at nothing, carrying himself straight and soldierly, with tears on both cheeks and biting his lips, he walked past the machines and out the door.

It is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with. . among the wonderful deeds of hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune. this arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty, which, with his boundless valour, made him revered and terrible in the sight of his soldiers, but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect. –the prince, niccolò machiavelli what kind of reasoning does machiavelli use in this excerpt? he uses inductive reasoning because he offers statistics to prove his claim. he uses inductive reasoning because he observes a pattern and proves a conclusion. he uses deductive reasoning because he relies on scientific experiments to prove a conclusion. he uses deductive reasoning because he introduces a conclusion and proves it with evidence.