Word: worthlessness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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From the very beginning the aim of inventors has been to arise in a machine which is heavier than air. There were two kinds of these machines, one like a bird, with wings to flap, and the other like a kite. The former has turned out to be worthless, but the latter has been developed into the aeroplane. The first attempt to fly in one of these machines was made in 1894 with little success. Not until almost the beginning of this century when Langley, Chanute, and the Wright brothers turned their attention to this invention was anything like success...
...book was accordingly started with the consent of the Union authorities, but so far the scheme has met with no support. As was pointed out at the time, the value of the book depends entirely upon the spirit with which it is used. Its present incompleteness renders it absolutely worthless. We still believe that a complete record would be of the greatest value, but if another trial proves that it is not wanted, the book will be removed...
...inclinations. They should endeavor to seat everyone as promptly as courtesy allows and to keep the aisles free at all times. No matter what arrangements may be made beforehand, the success of the ushering depends upon the co-operation of each individual usher. Without this, supervision is practically worthless...
...remarkable that in a college where modern literatures are so eagerly studied, so little attention should be paid to those of Greece and Rome. This neglect is partly due to the worthless utilitarian protest that we should study only things which we can sensibly use in our life, and partly because of the undergraduate belief that in Harvard the study of the classics is not made worth while...
...rather conventional love story follows, with the merchant Venturewell, as father, Jasper Merrythought, his apprentice, and his daughter Luce, as lovers, and Humphrey, as the worthless but favored suitor...