Word: valueless
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...constitutional: (a) Under Article 4, Sect. 3, and 2, it would perpare for sale millions of acres now valueless; under Art. I, Sect. 8. and 3, storage reservoirs would obviate the building of levees on the Mississippi; under Art. I, Sect 8 and 1, it would contribute to the general welfare of the country...
...them. If anybody has any books or papers that he is willing to contribute, they may be mailed to the committee at 11 West 22d street, New York City. If the articles are in New York the committee will be glad to send for them. Such things are almost valueless in individual hands, and are often scattered or lost. Collected, they may be of the greatest use, and, in any case, they will be preserved with the greatest care...
...whose works you select the subjects for your entrance examinations in English literature. Is there none in all the list who is worthy of such recognition by a leading American college, or is it the deliberate judgment of Harvard College that acquaintance with American literature is wholly unnecessary and valueless as a part of the education of American...
...Harvard students, for it shows in an authoritative way what all have believed in regard to the growth of Harvard in natural prosperity and in general popularity. What President Eliot said in regard to legacies and the way in which many are tied up and so become almost valueless, we take great pleasure in referring to the attention of prospective benefactors of our university. We cannot see what advantage there is in affixing a great mass of conditions to legacies given to educational institutions...
...good work which has been done by the members of the eleven during the past six weeks is to make itself felt for the first time, for all contests so far have been of a preparatory school nature, and are valueless in making a true estimate of the true worth of the eleven. Our return to the field of inter-collegiate foot-ball contests has been a source of pleasure to all Harvard men. To day we are to see whether there is any foundation for that feeling, and likewise to discover whether a year of idleness has destroyed...