The practical objection to this amiable creed suggests a sad comment upon the whole controversy.

First was urged the practical objection that the tax would draw from the country the little specie which it contained.

And here is probably the biggest practical objection: Many people choose a bigger cog on the freewheel side of a flip-flop to make hill-climbing easier.

Moreover, there are some practical objections to the referendum.

No merchant, manufacturer, or farmer ever enters its sacred precincts, so that its bureaucratic serenity is rarely disturbed by practical objections.

Grenville did consult the colonial agents-individualsauthorized to represent the colonial assemblies in England-butsimply with a view to meeting practical objections.

"But after all," I said one day, "the great practical objection still remains unanswered-theclergy?

But that trait has been submerged in a torrent of romantic nationalism that sweeps rational query aside and dismisses practical objections as deficient patriotism.