This test, every one knows, is not applicable to any single thing the earth yields; and as little as to any other does it attach to gold, and, therefore, gold in itself is subject to fluctuation, and can in no sense be considered an absolute measure of anything.
Woodhull points out that gold, like any commodity, is subject to fluctuations and cannot serve as an absolute measure of value.
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