test of value
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These workers must be the central figures, and how their material, intellectual, and spiritual needs are met must be the test of value of the social order we evolve.
From The National Being Some Thoughts on an Irish Polity by Russell, George William
In such an exchange no basis of value is reached, but in any ordinary bargain the final adjustment will be as nearly as possibly upon the test of value in the market.
From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson
Yet in spite of all these extreme fluctuations, no better test of value has been suggested than the market price in open, unrestrained competition of buyers and sellers.
From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson
Man is not a mere worker, and efficiency is not the only test of value; the pursuit of truth and beauty for its own sake is a legitimate human ideal.
From Problems of Conduct by Drake, Durant
With reference, then, to all articles sold in open market, it is safe to say that the only test of value is the price which the public is willing to pay.
From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson
