They recommended, therefore, the virtual abolition of the office of Commander-in-Chief, and a division of the duties among a number of officers, who should be individually responsible for their administrative work to the Secretary, and should collectively advise him as a War Office Council.
"The Government of England (Vol. I)"
A. Lawrence Lowell
The Knights of St. John were virtual masters of the narrow seas,-they were the "Christian" corsairs of the Levant!
"The Story of Malta"
Maturin M. Ballou
There is no being but the absolute, the one all-inclusive spiritual life, in whom all things are inherent, and whose perfection is the virtual implication of all purposive activities.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry