desirableness
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While it failed to establish them, it at least recognized the desirableness of a universal language for schools, and a universal church for man.
From History of Education by Seeley, Levi
These are to be considered and acted upon by men on whom the public responsibility rests, who will, doubtless, act considerately and wisely; but the desirableness of the thing itself is unquestionable.
From Parks for the People Proceedings of a Public Meeting held at Faneuil Hall, June 7, 1876 by Various
But no one will question the desirableness of health, good temper, and education, in the companion of domestic life.
From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Lunettes, Henry
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
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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