By common consent of the nations, gold and silver are the only true measure of value. They are the necessary regulators of trade. I have myself no more doubt that these metals were prepared by the Almighty for this very purpose, than I have that iron and coal were prepared for the purposes in which they are being used.


Addresses, Speeches, Lectures, and Letters Upon Various Subjects (ed. 1891)


By common consent of the nations, gold and silver are the only true measure of value. They are the necessary regulators of trade. I have myself no...

By common consent of the nations, gold and silver are the only true measure of value. They are the necessary regulators of trade. I have myself no...

By common consent of the nations, gold and silver are the only true measure of value. They are the necessary regulators of trade. I have myself no...

By common consent of the nations, gold and silver are the only true measure of value. They are the necessary regulators of trade. I have myself no...