He then adverted to the inexpediency of these alterations, and the temper of the times. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
And if we have, are we not to make use of it in judging of the expediency or inexpediency of the treaty?. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)] Reference
But as he pondered this course the inexpediency of sacrificing so fair a theory to this mere brute fact seemed indisputable. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
The result has been to satisfy me of the inexpediency of entering into engagements of this character not covering the entire traffic. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
This, as a general rule, is no doubt true, and establishes the inexpediency of all despotic governments, whether for the state or the family. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
And hence all social inequalities which have ceased to be considered expedient, assume the character not of simple inexpediency, but of injustice. From Wordnik.com. [Mill's Moral and Political Philosophy] Reference
Positive experience and a more thorough consideration of the subject have convinced me of the impropriety as well as inexpediency of such investments. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Lady Ushant said a great deal as to the inexpediency of fostering family quarrels, and suggested that Mary might perhaps have been a little impetuous. From Wordnik.com. [The American Senator] Reference
Seeing the inexpediency of this move, I went to the. From Wordnik.com. [My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War] Reference
I mean the inexpediency of printing Testaments, and. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula] Reference
Leicester, labored to demonstrate the entire inexpediency. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth] Reference
Senate, to declare the inexpediency of renewing our treaties. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3] Reference
Every recorded instance of it proves its extreme inexpediency. From Wordnik.com. [Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I] Reference
The Home Rule Bill asserts in its preamble the inexpediency of. From Wordnik.com. [A Leap in the Dark A Criticism of the Principles of Home Rule as Illustrated by the Bill of 1893] Reference
Hamish did not appear to perceive any inexpediency in the matter. From Wordnik.com. [The Channings] Reference
Now the present point as to these superstitions is their military inexpediency. From Wordnik.com. [Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the principles of "natural selection" and "inheritance" to political society] Reference
Professor Dodd said something to me about the inexpediency of so young a person appearing in print. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs] Reference
Nujufghur by twenty Sepoys was another evidence of the inexpediency of driving the enemy to despair. From Wordnik.com. [In Times of Peril] Reference
"Indeed I-- I forgot all about Proctor," said the Rector, who now saw the inexpediency of his proposal. From Wordnik.com. [The Perpetual Curate] Reference
Is there a right and a wrong in the matter, an advisability or an inadvisability, an expediency or an inexpediency?. From Wordnik.com. [At Large] Reference
Realizing the inexpediency of discussing the matter, I went forward myself, overran the line, and let the anchor go. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of the Fish Patrol] Reference
The greater part concurred in the inexpediency of assignment, and in the usefulness and importance of transportation. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Tasmania , Volume II] Reference
It was an unwitting compliment to her taste and discernment in singling him out for her own, despite its temporary inexpediency. From Wordnik.com. [Two on a Tower] Reference
We do not base our dissent upon any ground having relation to the expediency or inexpediency of vesting in women the right to vote. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)] Reference
I had a desperate battle royal with Seeau as to the inexpediency, unfitness, and almost impossibility of the omissions in question. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01] Reference
He went back, therefore, to the inexpediency of the young man's departure, telling him that he would rush right into the Devil's jaws. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicar of Bullhampton] Reference
The ascetic philosophy produces contradiction and confusion in the acts of men, because some of them work for expediency and others for inexpediency at the same time. From Wordnik.com. [Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals] Reference
This suggests the inexpediency of Federal interference with these conditions when not necessary to the correction of a substantial evil, affecting the general welfare. From Wordnik.com. [A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland] Reference
All the neutrals, and many of the wavering people, and some of the most timid of our friends, were against us, on the ground of the inexpediency of agitating this question. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third, Volume 2 (of 2) From the Original Family Documents] Reference
There is, undoubtedly, a certain force in what you say about the inexpediency of affecting a mystery which cannot be sustained; so you must act as you think is for the best. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Charlotte Bronte — Volume 2] Reference
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