It would have been hard to say which it found the more effectual weapon.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
A secret propaganda might still be carried on, but a public and open propaganda was more effectual and more suitable to the times.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
On the contrary, they have constantly insisted-as the evidence I have already produced abundantly proves-that where the self-interest of the strongly placed failed to subject itself spontaneously to the restraints of social justice and the responsibilities of our common humanity, it was for society to step in and impose the restraints that were just and requisite, and to do so either by public opinion or by public authority in the way most likely to be practicable and effectual.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae