desirableness
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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
I have stated, therefore, the only ways in which that end is attainable, without venturing even to express an opinion as to its real desirableness.
From The Seven Lamps of Architecture by John Ruskin
Out of this trouble about the boots had arisen in Jem’s mind some serious misgivings as to the entire desirableness of donation visits.
From The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
There are many instances of the desirableness and the necessity of the transmarine steam post on important lines of foreign communication where we have a large trade, and yet no postal means of conducting it.
From Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post by Thomas Rainey
The estimate they have formed of its desirableness.
From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin
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