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Gutenberg. What is the Word of God worth? To a believer, it is beyond price. To a paynim or scoffer, it is valueless. To a collector of rare books, it may be worth as much as $218 a page. This was the price paid in Manhattan last week for eight pages from a copy of the Gutenberg Bible, the first book ever published. The pages, embracing the whole of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, was bought by the Phoenix Book Store. A complete Bible at this rate would cost...
...occurs; nor shall I take you to task for inadvertently or intentionally slandering some race or creed; furthermore, I shall not take this opportunity to announce ta you dramatically that from this time and henceforth you shall be denied the great privilege of mailing to me each week your valueless publication...
Marion Coakley, lured somehow into this dramtic litter, plays well ahead of her materials. Mr. Ames adds little to his established reputation. Most of the subordinates were valueless...
President Coolidge suggested creating a Cabinet Minister to supervise national education. Such a minister will be valueless if he becomes nothing more than head of a motley assortment of non-related departments, with inadequate control over education, as the proposed government reorganization bill would make him. He must have full powers to set standards, and supervise their maintenance. Only by vesting him with these prerogatives can there grow up a national system of education, complete in all the stages of progression from kindergarten to university...
Twenty years ago the muskrat was often considered a worthless pest Dy farmers. Their skins brought as little as 25 cents apiece, and the swampy land in which they live was looked upon as valueless and unproductive. Today, muskrat fur is in constant demand at good prices and some muskrat swamps are now worth far more than nearby arable soil. In proportion as irrigation projects are reducing the swamp area of the country, both the muskrat and his habitat are gaining steadily in value...