Word: rarely
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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When one reads what has been written about Wordsworth, one cannot fail to be struck by the predominance of the personal equation in the estimate of his value, and when we consider his claim to universal recognition, it would not be wise to overlook the rare quality of the minds that he has most attracted and influenced. If the character of the constituency may be taken as the measure of the representative, there can be no doubt that, by his privilege of interesting the highest and purest order of intellect, Wordsworth must be set apart from the other poets...
...events that, from the scholarly point of view, has ever been seen at Harvard. The undertaking is unprecedented; and the preparation has been made complete. The dress rehearsal last night left no doubt possible as to the success of the play. To witness it is, in all truth. a rare opportunity, not slightly to be esteemed...
...which his classes had the exceptional privilege of listening. Brief and fragmentary as they are, they yet exhibit in their small compass the breadth of mind and the wise reflection which were among the most marked traits of his nature, traits in which genius and character were united in rare combination...
...favor were to be granted, there would then be occasion for it. Not only ought great consideration to be shown to Mr. Irving, but an address by him to the students would fully compensate for a fraction of time taken from regular college work, and would be of such rare value that no small objection should be allowed to destroy the possibility of it. The failure to make satisfactory arrangements would be a matter of such widespread regret that we anticipate no lack either of effort on the part of the New Harvard Union officials or of consideration...
...collection in Washington, in the name of the University, for five thousand dollars. The nucleus of the collection was made by Senator Barnum of Connecticut, who succeeded in obtaining a complete set of the first fifteen Congresses. Of all publications made by the government, these are the most rare; a complete set is not even possessed by the Senate or the House. Since then, set after set of annuals, debates and records have been added to Senator Barnum's original collection...