expediences
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Peace_2_All @ --- Can't speak for all the atheists'... but I'm curious... "expediences" such as?
From Time • Apr. 29, 2013
Thus we see that these expediences, pretended for the ceremonies, are attained unto as well and better without them than by them.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
Thus it makes the individual the center of his own universe, and dissolves moral principles into a choice of expediences.
From The Acquisitive Society by Tawney, R. H.
Because, when love flames beyond duty and honour and all expediences, Lysbet, some one a little cold water ought to throw.
From The Maid of Maiden Lane by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
The soldiers, accustomed, as all Roman soldiers were, to all the expediences and resources of warfare, had prepared planks which were to be run forward on the ladder, in order to construct a firm bridge.
From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 by Herbert, Henry William