supererogation
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For any organization to have notified him of his nomination would have been supererogation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The honest impressions of each man substantiate these assertions so clearly that all argument on the subject would be as great a work of supererogation as that of carrying shade to a forest.
From Papers from Overlook-House by Casper Almore
To these controversies belong his Pierces supererogation, Lond.
From A History of English Poetry: an Unpublished Continuation by Thomas Warton
It is a work of supererogation to furnish falsehoods for British travellers.
From The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book by Eliza Leslie
It were no less than supererogation to adduce evidences of the romantic spirit of the age of Shakespeare.
From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Joel Elias Spingarn
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