desirableness
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The object was to urge the desirableness of allowing books to be borrowed from the Library, after the example of Cambridge.
From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by Macray, William Dunn
Mr. Pellew was bound, in consideration of his company, to dwell upon the desirableness of keeping an even mind.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
Our conclusion on this point is that they tend to overestimate or to underestimate themselves, according to the "desirableness" or "undesirableness" of the trait in question.
From Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods by Hollingworth, Harry L.
Adams was at first very courteously received by George III., and presently set to work to convince Lord Carmarthen, the foreign secretary, of the desirableness of unrestricted intercourse between the two countries.
From The Critical Period of American History by Fiske, John
The necessity and desirableness of country homes being thus easily demonstrable, it is of importance to know how to choose sites for them, and how to build.
From Woodward's Country Homes by Woodward, George E. (George Evertson)
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