desirableness
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The desirableness of education is manifest, view it in what light we may, and whether as affecting individuals or communities.
From Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes by Ira Mayhew
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
We have dwelt on one point—the desirableness, if not necessity, of shortness in them—as specially valuable at the time.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury
Heart and brain were strained and sore; if she could be still till she died, Diana felt it to be the utmost limit of desirableness.
From Diana by Susan Warner
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 Ira Mayhew
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