desirableness
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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 John Stuart Mill
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 Octavius Brooks Frothingham
The calamities of the war then in progress on the Continent gave him arguments enough for the desirableness of peace.
From William Penn by George Hodges
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 William Frend De Morgan
In almost all warm countries the luxury, almost the necessity, of arcades to protect the passengers from the sun, and the desirableness of large space in the rooms above, lead to the same construction.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by John Ruskin
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