Word: valueless
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...would effectively squelch all interest in debatable affairs, for college men cannot expect to be omniscient on any subject, and as long as their information is even partly incomplete, their opinions are bound to be influenced by the imperfections which the critic condemns. Snap judgments, to be sure, are valueless as judgments; but if a student, even from the bare data of headlines or hearsay, expresses an honest conviction, he is at least displaying a commendable concern for affairs; and from the disputes which his remarks may arouse, he can be persuaded to more intelligent views...
...into bankruptcy as Austria and China. The result will be to force them back into agrarian pursuits. It may happen, however, that so large a part of the world will go into bankruptcy that they will demonetize gold and leave us holding the world's supply of a practically valueless commodity. They will trade with each other and we will be barred out because we refuse to recognize their paper money. In that case there will be a big slump in manufacturing lines and men out of work will be forced back to the farms...
...possibilities to the under graduate of today, who finds the regular payment of term bills somewhat annoying. There was that typewriter left by last year's occupant of your room in Thayer, which you lugged at much pains to the office in town to find it listed as "valueless". You might fool the bursar on that. Or the Webster's dictionary without a cover which looked like a first edition. The second hand book man said it was nothing of the sort and refused to take it if paid; but the authorities on Kirkland street wouldn't know the difference...
...unfortunately true that there have been lately more cases than usual of men abusing the privileges of the Room in total disregard of the the rights of their fellow students. In some cases maps or pages have been torn out from a book, making it valueless to the next reader; in other cases the user of a reserved book in demand has tried to conceal himself by sitting at a table remote from that at which he has stated he was sitting, or has carried the book away from the Room in spite of his signed promise...
...largest University library in the country. His donation has become a rich endowment. His name and his ideals have lived and been carried out into the world, during almost three centuries, by tens of thousands, among them many of the nation's greatest men. Tradition in itself is valueless; but when it is used as a guide and an inspiration, it may be of the greatest significance. Today, John Harvard's birthday, we pay grateful honor to his memory...