Racah hated the piano, hated Chopin, hated music; yet potentially Racah was a great pianist....
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
The material Universe and the mechanism of the heavens,-organic life with all its infinite marvels and varieties-animal sensation-human intelligence-canons of beauty, the law of good and evil-all these must have existed potentially in the First Cause, as in the Source whence alone they could be derived.
"The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer"
John Gerard
Many more, however, although not within ear-shot, are potentially present.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell