exigences

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The industrial revolution was demanding labor; it was demanding intelligent labor, while the supposed political and social exigences of the situation called for ignorance and subserviency.

From The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development by DuBois, W. E. Burghardt

The first impulse was to fly from the scene; but I could not be long insensible to the exigences of the moment.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden

The blooming-season, according to the exigences of weather, begins from May 20 to June 10 in Indiana, and lasts about a week.

From Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 by Various

Every people, every large community is able to furniſh a revenue adequate to the exigences of government.

From The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6: Literary Curiosities Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts by Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)

Owing to the exigences of space, weighing-scales and pumps are included in the agricultural building, and the exhibition of Fairbanks & Co. deserves and receives cordial approval.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various