You have powers which may fit you for real usefulness.

I know you will hold your tongue at the board meetings, and that is real usefulness.

The value of this fort was estimated rather according to its celebrity, than its real usefulness.

The neglect of it undermines all real usefulness, and is a worm gnawing at the roots of the vines.

There is no real usefulness in having a naval base anywhere, unless that naval base can accomplish the purpose for which it is desired.

If we are so silly as to play into the hands of the German-Hearst publicity bureau, our chance for real usefulness will be thrown away.