"So I feel that when the breaking-point of filial duty is reached it is no longer mother and daughter, father and son, in the practicalities of life.
"The Son of his Father"
Ridgwell Cullum
He did not guess at the sway which might be exercised over men's minds by an almost mystical belief which disdained to count with practicalities, Redmond for fifteen years had been the leader, and for thirty-five years had been a member, of a party which presented itself-with great justification-as the winner for Ireland of many positive material advantages on the way to an ultimate goal.
"John Redmond's Last Years"
Stephen Gwynn
Women are more concerned with the practicalities of life.
"A Top-Floor Idyl"
George van Schaick