desirableness
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Without questioning the desirableness of this end, of considering general truths without any previous examination of particulars, we may well doubt the power of modern philosophers to attain it.
From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Octavius Brooks Frothingham
The calamities of the war then in progress on the Continent gave him arguments enough for the desirableness of peace.
From William Penn by George Hodges
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
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 S. O. (Silas Orrin) Howes
This is cited by the Chancery Barrister as showing the advantage of an early acquaintance with foreign languages, and the desirableness of a pure accent.
From Faces and Places by Sir Henry W. (Henry William) Lucy
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