De Quincey's writings.
Subtitle: Vol. 23
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 21, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781425542191
Subjects: American history; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; History / United States / General; United States - General
First sentence: THAT natural distinction, which takes place from the very beginnings of society, between value as founded upon some serviceable quality in an object too largely diffused to confer any power of purchasing other objects, and value as founded upon some similar quality in an object so limited as to become property, and thus having a power to purchase other objects, has long been familiar to the public ear under the antithetic expressions of "value in use" and "value in exchange."