It is the one matchless gift which the woman has to offer, the supreme opportunity of exercising influence, the main chance of what is clumsily called self-effectuation.
"The Silent Isle"
Arthur Christopher Benson
The real reason of our faithlessness is that we are so apt to look upon the one life in which we find ourselves as our only chance of expression and effectuation.
"The Silent Isle"
Arthur Christopher Benson
One cannot turn a violet into a rose by any horticultural effort; one can only see that the violet or the rose has the best chance of what is horribly called self-effectuation.
"At Large"
Arthur Christopher Benson