Word: seldom
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...rarer kind without which no man's education is complete. These are the representative books in which epochs culminated like Homer, Dante, Shakespeare,- or which mark the transitions of the human mind like Cervantes and Gothe. But here Nature deals kindly and mercifully with us, and it is seldom that she gives more than one great speaker or singer to one race. There is a New England proverb which says of a fastidious person-"the best is not good enough for him," and this kind of fastidiousness I think one may and should exercise in regard to books. Cum bonis...
Scotland has always been a home of literature, Mr. Black said, the names of Scott, Burns, and Carlyle being written on the pages of its history. The literature of Scotland has seldom been higher than it is at the present...
...voluntary association of people united by a common creed to honor the Christian religion. It is a corporation to be kept distinctly separate from the congregation. Church societies are frequently found which perform the financial duties of the church, thus acting in unison with it. These societies are seldom incorporated, because of the religious seruples of their members against such action...
...seldom that an opportunity is afforded to listen to speakers of such character and competence as President Eliot, Mr. Storey and Mr. Dana, on a subject of such public importance as this Reform...
Considering the fact that there are six places to fill in the 'varsity boat this year the outlook for the crew is not encouraging. It is very seldom that a captain has so many new men to select and when to this is added the fact that the material to choose from is not over promising, only the hardest kind of work by the coaches and men will turn out a winning crew this year...