Word: rarely
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reviewer to possess genuine literary quality in a higher degree than anything else that these pages have to offer. The conception is original and imaginative, the movement direct and easy; rhythm, language, and sound are adroitly suited to the ideas. Above all, the verses are distinguished by that rare and precious characteristic, spontaneity...
...university president must be a man of a rare and manifold genius, and in return for his talent he is awarded a prestige such as few men can claim. He wields a great influence, not only over the affairs of the day, but especially over those of the future, for the education of the leaders of the coming generation is under is guidance. The fact that American university presidents have always been men of surpassing worth is not the least important factor in the country's progress. Cornell will be more than living up to this tradition when she inaugurates...
...there who will defend the thesis that it calls out more of the good in man than the bad? To gain an end, it appeals to the bestial arid the savage. It exalts the "hard-boiled", physical courage which is by no means the most difficult and rare of the virtues. The animal world is full of it. But there are other values in life which war thwarts, chokes, and prevents. Have these no night to their day in court...
...collections of extremely rare books are now on view in the Treasure Room of the Widener Library. One of the exhibits is composed of old volumes, many of which are autographed by their original owners. Among the signatures appearing are those of John Bunyan, John Milton, Ben Jonson, Goethe, Wordsworth, and Swift. An old Latin testament, Bunyan's Bible, and many original works of historical interest are also in this exhibit...
...giving publicity to its entertainments and in other ways the University has maintained the policy of doing what it can for the newspapers. When in one rare case, at the request of the speaker, there was a departure from this policy, an editorial like the Boston Post's seems uncalled for. It may be that it was the inspiration of an advertising...