desirableness
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A penitentiary may be described as a place of punishment and reward; and under the system proposed the difference in desirableness between a sentence and an appointment would be virtually effaced.
From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)
As the spring advanced however, though the desirableness of such a move might be more apparent, the difficulty of it as evidently increased.
From A Letter of Credit by Warner, Susan
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)
The desirableness of national or universal education is now generally admitted in all enlightened communities; but there are some who, honestly no doubt, question its practicability.
From Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes by Mayhew, Ira
The passions of men are not in proportion only to their sensibility, or to the desirableness of the object, but to the violence and irritability of their tempers, and the obstacles to their success.
From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by Hazlitt, William
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