Citations:desideratum
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English citations of desideratum
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- Something that is wished for, or considered desirable. [from mid 17th c.]
- 1896, Mary Baker Eddy, Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896, Boston, Mass.: Christian Science Publishing Society, →OCLC; republished Boston, Mass.: Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker G. Eddy, 1924, →OCLC, page 355:
- Less teaching and good healing is to-day the acme of "well done;" a healing that is not guesswork, – chronic recovery ebbing and flowing, – but instantaneous cure. This absolute demonstration of Science must be revived. To consummate this desideratum, mortal mind must pass through three stages of growth.