desirableness
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There are many instances of the desirableness and the necessity of the transmarine steam post on important lines of foreign communication where we have a large trade, and yet no postal means of conducting it.
From Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post by Rainey, Thomas
Speeding hither and thither by rail, her eye caught beauty and desirableness in a flash; the settler stirred in her blood, and she longed to possess and to develop.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe
Without questioning the desirableness of this end, of considering general truths without any previous examination of particulars, we may well doubt the power of modern philosophers to attain it.
From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks
The desirableness, per se, of maintaining a surplus for this purpose does not, I think, admit of a doubt.
From Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by Mill, John Stuart
Out of this trouble about the boots had arisen in Jem’s mind some serious misgivings as to the entire desirableness of donation visits.
From The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)
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