Word: rare
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This narrative poem has an indescribable esprit which savors of an epic tempered by modern interpretation. If one can get through the rather vague invocation, the remainder of the poem really pulls one on. Stephen Benet has charmingly combined a uniquely modern and sincere patriotism with an equally rare sense of proportion. Yet throughout the course of events which he vividly depicts--here in minute detail--there is sweeping epic style--and here again with a touch of human sympathy--one finds that justice has been a main chord. South and North, each has its turn--probably the reason both...
Died. Sir Henry Alexander Wickham, 82, English rubber pioneer; in London. In 1876 Sir Henry smuggled 70,000 jealously guarded rubber seeds out of Brazil as "rare and delicate botanical specimens for Kew Gardens." In 30 years these seeds have produced 80,000,000 rubber trees in Ceylon and Malaya...
...record of these seven and one half years constitutes a period of rare courage and leadership and constructive action. Never has a political party been able to look back upon a similar period with more satisfaction...
...Would Mr. Hoover have the American people believe that in the light of the [oil scandal] disclosures I mentioned there was any rare courage, any leadership or any constructive action...
Among the several rare volumes now on display in the Widener Memorial Room is Shakespeare's First Folio, the most valuable book in the Harvard College Library. His Second, Third, and Fourth Folios may also be seen...