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Meanings of common weal in English

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Usage of common weal in English
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Is it a matter of the common weal or of thine own?
The Odyssey of Homer
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The common weal was identified with the security of society and the state.
The Promise of American Life
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They seek diligently their own benefit and not the common weal.
Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá
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The common weal demands this, to say nothing of Christian obligation.
Cast Adrift
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And common humanity declared it to be for the common weal!
Diana of the Crossways — Volume 1
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This good is inexhaustible and makes up welfare in the State, the common weal.
Heart of Man
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Would that be good or bad for the common weal?
The Guardian
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The common weal was his sole object; nothing selfish, nothing mercenary soiled his ermine character.
The Life of Francis Marion
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For the law is established for the " common weal," as Isidore says (Etym.
Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) / From the Com...
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There is thus a semblance of collaboration without any real co-operation for the common weal.
Bramble-Bees and Others
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And no doubt all sensible people admit that the common weal did not suffer therefrom.
American Eloquence, Volume 4 / Studies In American Political His...
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I will still the cravings of my appetite and sacrifice my feelings for the common weal.
Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin
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You have devoted yourselves to the common weal.
The Mysterious Island
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What do these care for the common weal?
Serapis — Volume 02
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The supreme inspiration is the common weal.
United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to...
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It is not good to back one's self into opinions of what makes for the common weal.
The Making of Arguments
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