Of the million who died four hundred thousand were able-bodied men.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
"Daddy, you can't sit up all night," remonstrated Julia, trying to smooth the wrinkles from his forehead, "and you would be no match for an able bodied person bent on mischief.
"The Man from Jericho"
Edwin Carlile Litsey
But the line between State socialism and sound social politics in the matter of public assistance may perhaps be better shown in another branch of Poor Law administration-the right to labour for the able-bodied.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae