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Meanings of prudential considerations in English

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Usage of prudential considerations in English
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And man is governed to a certain extent by prudential considerations.
The Whence and the Whither of Man / A Brief History of His Origi...
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His humanity at last prevailed over more prudential considerations.
Elsie at Nantucket
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So, in spite of all prudential considerations, I made up my mind to come here.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3
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The man who is governed by prudential considerations, and is always asking, Will it pay?
The Whence and the Whither of Man / A Brief History of His Origi...
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Morality induces them to embrace virtue, from prudential considerations; religion, from those of gratitude and obedience.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Eleven Volumes, Volume 06 ...
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But Marie Antoinette could not sacrifice her predilection for a simplicity quite English, to prudential considerations.
Memoirs of the Courts of Louis XV and XVI. — Volume 3 / Being se...
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His face reddened and he twitched his reins angrily; but the next second prudential considerations checked him.
Anne of Avonlea
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Then there are certain prudential considerations-certain , Imightalmost say, moral considerations-whichare to be taken into account.
Sevenoaks: A Story of Today
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Not without prudential considerations, however.
Middlemarch
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An answer was written some time in the month of October, 1789; but it was kept back upon prudential considerations.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12)
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They had been so eager in pursuit of the foe that all prudential considerations had been thrown to the winds.
The Crew of the Water Wagtail
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Can he even partially rise superior to prudential considerations, as he has to some extent to the claims of appetite?
The Whence and the Whither of Man / A Brief History of His Origi...
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Marriages in that grade of society are almost always mere transactions of business, being governed altogether by political and prudential considerations.
History of King Charles the Second of England
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Frank in his manners, he spoke briskly and without any circumspection, telling all his thoughts with sheer indifference to prudential considerations.
Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales
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It has moral stamina, is regulated by moral law, has a moral end, contains moral principle, and rises superior to mere prudential considerations.
The Christian Home / As it is in the Sphere of Nature and the Ch...
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But he was egregiously mistaken in giving his own wit credit for that tameness of Eastgate, which had been entirely owing to prudential considerations.
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker
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