Our Statesmen, our diplomatists, our essay-writers,-nay, our very poets, addressing themselves as they do to the correction of social wrongs and class inequalities,-they are all 'practical'!
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
When we examine the writings of English economists and Statesmen, and the principles they employ in the discussion of the social and industrial questions of their time, it seems truly strange how they ever came to be credited with any scruple on ground of principle to invoke the power of the State for the solution of such questions when that seemed to them likely to prove of effectual assistance.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
And here I will say, that from what I do know of the practical workings of the internal machinery of that institution, as seen from behind the curtain, from the standpoint of a patient, and from what I know of the personal and private character of Illinois Statesmen, I predict it will not be the last.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard