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Rare is the U. S. editor who has not snorted at the studied effronteries of George Bernard Shaw, recognizing them for what they frankly are: publicity bait. But rarer is the U. S. editor, as Mr. Shaw knows, who can resist printing readable copy. When his beard was red, Shaw's neatly phrased insults were truly startling. White-bearded now and more self-consciously rude, he still saws away so skilfully on his single string that the results are as monotonously fascinating as Oriental music. They and the magnificently photographable beard still keep him in the newspapers more steadily...
Families of preachers are rarer in the U. S. than families of polo-players or bankers. But Rev. Ovid Americus Kinsolving (1823-94), descendant of British settlers in Tidewater, Va., set a record. He gave to the church four sons, four grandchildren, one great-grandson. Of the sons, two are dead. The late Rt. Rev. Lucien Lee Kinsolving, longtime Bishop of Brazil and father of "Big Tui," was tall, handsome. It was customary for graduates of Virginia Seminary to hand their diplomas publicly to a girl, but for his there was such competition that he gave it to his mother...
...invariable or even frequent symptom of rabies. It may be caused by a nervous disturbance, local inflammation, convulsions or running fits. But the rabies virus is transmitted by saliva and abundant salivation accompanies rabies, especially in the "dumb" phase when the lower jaw becomes paralyzed. Rabies is a much rarer disease than commonly supposed. Immunity to it is high in dogs and humans. The Pasteur treatment within five days of being bitten is highly effective protection. Detection of rabies in its early stages is difficult. The rabid dog is infectious a week before any symptoms appear. As its illness (always...
...Rarer, though a shade less precious than the Tikytt psalter, were the Blickling Homilies, only Anglo-Saxon manuscript in the U. S., a volume of 149 vellum pages written by two scribes about 971. For it Barnet J. Beyer, Manhattan bookdealer, paid $55,000. For $45,000 he also got what was described as "the most important early illustrated book ever sold at auction"-Boccaccio's De La Ruine des Nobles hommes et femmes. Translated by Pierre Faivre, it was the first dated book (1476) with copperplate illustrations. Disposal of the Boccaccio was complicated by the competition...
...ability, but only with those who are seriously in pursuit of an education and who have some conception of what it means. To introduce into the college merely professional or vocational training is to alter its character. It must substitute for the "utilitarian urge" intellectual curiosity--which is a rarer thing...