Dear Doctor: I wish to testify to the value of your lecture to boys from 12 to 16 years of age.
The topical questions and their answers in the appendix was a very happy thought and adds materially to the value of the book.
Whatever may be thevalue or worthlessness of its general phrases, it is under the influence of this document that the conception of the public rights of the individual has developed in the positive law of the states of the European continent.
He knew what personal property each possessed, and the value of the gold of the lucky departing ones.
His baskets, each screened with languid gum-leaves, held the week's output of his garden, representing in money value at least two pounds.
But the habitual product of this pinna is small, dull, mud-tinted or brown, and of no value whatever.
Because he was new he was alert to the value of money.
Shortly after a friend enlightened the youth as to the probable value of the collection, and gave him some cheap advice, especially on the desirableness of secrecy.
An expert weighed the treasure, scrutinised it shrewdly through a microscope, and handed it back with a casual remark that it was a pretty curio, but that its market value was about half a crown.
They say," remarked Stacy, "that if you had known Jack Hamlin earlier and professionally, a great deal of real valuewould have quitted you before he did.
But you never know the real value of anything until you're quitting it or it's quitting you," he added sententiously.
The more I studied the civilization of Islam and the views of the nations professing it, the higher rose, in my estimation, the value of western civilization.
In Meshed I heard the tea-cakes of Simnan talked of, nay even in Herat; but as I had often had occasion to value these exaggerations at their true worth, I did not expect too much.
The influence of the design on the future value of the property and the condition of the environment in general were studied, together with the factors relating to the future ownership of the plant by the city.
In the design of the interior arrangements, the value of a generous supply of stairways was appreciated, in order that all parts of the structure might be made readily accessible, especially in the boiler house section.
But how do you like sharing the mirth of the groundlings, the filthy plebeians, and letting them see how petty are those distinctions which you value so highly, by showing them how heartily you can laugh at such distinctions yourself?
As you value my peace of mind--of happiness I do not speak--seek not to discover our next retreat.
My father said I laughed at la gloire et le grand monarque the very first time he attempted to explain to me the value of the one and the greatness of the other.
We cannot hope to match it," said Bolingbroke, "though you know I value myself on these things.
But let me present you to one whom I value more now than I valued power at any time.
Its value is not that of a book of golden thoughts.
The greatest value of his book, however, lies in the fact that he treats poetry as a natural human activity, and that he sees that poetry must be able to meet the challenge to its right to exist.
The miller's conscience upbraided him a little, I should say, for he was eagerly declaring his value for his housekeeper, and repeating how often she had spoken of the happy life she led with him.
Those close to the doors, or actually on the verandahs, were the most fortunate, and so he was inclined to believe in the value of currents of fresh air.
The chiefvalue of his work consists in the historical and chronological notes of the progress of some of the subjects of which he treats--fragments of writings which would otherwise be lost to us.
Widely different opinions have been held from time to time of the value of Aristotle's biological labours.
But he was touchy on the subject of his good family and his title to the name of gentleman, which he had taught his sons to value far more than the wealth which accompanied it, and which they might some day expect to inherit.
Reginald used to have loose enough ideas of the value of money; but the last few weeks had taught him lessons, and one of them was that a pound a week could work wonders.
The pay will begin at eighteen shillings a week, but I hope they will soon make their value felt, and command a better position.
People said he let himself be imposed upon by others who knew the value of money far better than he did.
Durfy knew how to valuesuch promises, and did not look by any means jubilant at the prospect held out.
Free government is good only for those who understand its valueand are prepared for its enjoyment.
His love gave him a gay gold ring,-- "Of virtue and value above all thing.
It can be reached only by way of the kitchen, which somewhat lessens its value as a pleasure-ground or a rustic retreat, but Willie and I retire there now and then for a quiet chat.
And his love gave to him a gay gold ring With three shining diamonds set therein; Oh, his love gave to him this gay gold ring, Of virtue and value above all thing.
And I can't take your gift, old chap, any more than I could afford to offer you the realvalue of one of these beautiful stones.
Well, they're over twenty carats each, and therefore, of course, many times the value of first water diamonds.
The extent to which money is developed as the exclusive means of payment indicates the degree to which exchange value has taken hold of production in its depth and breadth.
In the determination of the prices of commodities, the value of the quantity of gold which serves as a unit of measure, or the value of gold, is assumed to be given.
Or, finally, how does it cease to pass at its own value in every country?
On the contrary, London manufacturers of shoe-blacking have expressed the exchange value of their many boxes of blacking, in palaces.
In the former case it will remain as a token ofvalue less than its own, in the latter greater than its own (again an abstract deduction from legal tender paper money).
We have seen that in the process C―M the relations between the commodity and money were those of an actual use-value and ideal exchange-value to an actual exchange value and only ideal use-value.
That gold and silver owe their character of money to the function they perform in the social process of exchange is interpreted to the effect that they owe their own value and therefore the magnitude of their value to a social function.
It is not the value of what you give; it is your countenance that we mainly desire.
Missionaries do not confound education with evangelization, but they do recognize its great value in the evangelizing process.
Marriages are governed by the working-value of the bride, parents expecting compensation for the loss of her services, according to her capacity for work, and "expectation of life.
The value of the work depends largely on the man himself.
One would naturally expect to find among the devotees of a system containing such a commandment some value placed upon one's word of honour.
This would not have happened in Burma, as the attitude of men from whom presents would naturally be expected,--unless perchance they had ceased to value that portion of their bodies above the shoulders.
Their value as an evangelizing agency can hardly be estimated.
Practiced with discrimination it has more value than all the nostrums of doctors or dietists.
That many do set a high value upon virtue no unprejudiced observer of native life can doubt.
The value of such gatherings to the temperance movement it is impossible to estimate.
Poets, as everybody knows, are allowed a good deal of licence, and tea-maids may be pardoned if they are sceptical of the value of the advice of the Chinese poet.
It was pointed out that the Indian tea-industry is greatly in want of such relief, as evidenced by recent Calcutta reports showing the market value of the shares of the joint-stock tea companies.
Under the old system a tax was levied on the value of the tea; but under the new it was levied upon the weight and quality, the duties ranging from 1s.
Beverley, testified to the value of tea in mountain-climbing.
Taking into account all these considerations, we are doubtful whether any value can be placed on the theories just enunciated.
It is believed this end has been attained, and that the several volumes will be found eminently suitable as Gift Books and School Prizes, besides proving of permanent valuein the Home Library.
These terms, which, in the regularly-decreasing and indefinite series, might have been neglected, have acquired a value which was worthy of being taken into consideration.
Wepfer set great value on a mixture of daisy, cress, and rummularia in the treatment of pneumonia; and Michaelis assures us that he had cured dropsies by the use of the flowers of the daisy cooked as a broth.
The illustrations, which are numerous, greatly increase the value of the volume.
No plant is of greater value for a garden hedge, owing to the delicious fragrance exhaled not only by its flowers but by its leaves.
Before this question, as before a sovereign tribunal, appear the two opposite doctrines which have been enunciated on the value of the earth and the sun in the world's system.
Yaunie was taken fully into the confidence of the captain and Patrovish, and when he took his leave they felt sure that to have him as a friend was of great value in the event of the affair being resurrected.
The captain did not expect so sudden a confirmation, and remarked, "I fancy I have not put sufficient value on the services I am to carry out; but I have given my word, and will keep it.
It was not so much the money value of the tobacco, but the racial affection he had for it that caused him to feel indignant at the suggestion of it being thrown to the waves.
I should only take a pound or two, if I were you, for you will find no means of spending money when you once set forward, and, should anything happen to you, the Indians would not appreciate the value of those English notes of yours.
You are a philosopher, and do not value the opinion of the public--a poor worldling like me is desirous to stand fair with it.
I know he looks jealously on my flirtation with a certain lady--the dasher yonder--nothing makes a man sensible of the value of an opportunity, but the chance of losing it.
I was only going to say, that although you set no value upon your connexion with my family, yet I cannot forget that such a circumstance exists; and therefore I bid you heartily welcome to Shaws-Castle.
Yet, strange as it may seem, I did then and afterwards take pleasure in these reflections, hoping by them to prevent my becoming insensible to the value of what I was leaving.
To enhance the value of the Sabbath to the crew, they are allowed on that day a pudding, or, as it is called, a "duff.
Roux, who seemed to value military glory at its true worth, for he disdained to be a corporal.
If made into butter, it will be equal every week to two days of the man's wages, besides the value of the skim milk: and this can hardly be of less value than another day's wages.
This degradation has been occasioned by a silent change in thevalue of the money of the country.
They know their own worth; and, accordingly, they are more careful of their character, more careful not to lessen by misconduct the value which they possess from their skill and ability.
And which is a thing of the very first importance, they will all learn, from their infancy, to set a just value upon dumb animals, and will grow up in the habit of treating them with gentleness and feeding them with care.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "value" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
