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
Mr. Pendarrel ventured to hint, soon after his return, at the desirableness of some arrangement, and the reception of the experiment fairly frightened him from repeating it.
From Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. by Watson, William Davy
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 Mill, John Stuart
The calamities of the war then in progress on the Continent gave him arguments enough for the desirableness of peace.
From William Penn by Hodges, George
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