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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To "prove" the "equation of exchange," however, is, first, a work of supererogation, and, second, in no sense a proof of the quantity theory.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.
Somebody assumed to excuse Miss Dickinson, by saying that she gave up other and far more lucrative engagements for this; but it was entirely a work of supererogation.
From A New Atmosphere by Hamilton, Gail
Henry A. Clapp has recently shown this so clearly that it may seem a work of supererogation to again discuss the matter.
From Time in the Play of Hamlet by Vining, Edward P.
This, to speak of it forbearingly, may be safely catalogued among the works of supererogation.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old