test of value
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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
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
Probably the best test of value is one with which I was familiar some years ago.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
To Saadia, and especially to Bahya and Maimonides, the test of value is rationality.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac
