conducive

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Conducive to or restrictive of habits of observation?

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

An Inquiry into the Principles of the Distribution of Wealth most Conducive to Human Happiness, Applied to the newly proposed System of Voluntary Equality of Wealth," 1824, and "Labour Rewarded.

From Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles by Spargo, John

Conducive as Uncle Peter’s suggestion might have been to the restoration of peace in the family of our hero, it was decided to be impracticable by several medical gentlemen, who were consulted upon the matter.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 by Various

Conducive as each of these policies is to national safety and peace amid international conflagration, neither the one nor the other can be sustained without the creation and maintenance of a preponderant navy.

From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)