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Indeed I do," said I; "he has promised to print my essay on the nebular hypothesis of Professor Lecouvrier as soon as his contract with the monometallist college professors expires.

From The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice by Field, Eugene

Return to Table of Contents Gold has an intrinsic value, says the monometallist, which makes it the money of the world.

From If Not Silver, What? by Bookwalter, John W.

The monometallist, or advocate of the so-called single standard, is disposed to disparage the benefits to be expected, and to magnify the expense of this system.

From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Phillips, Chester Arthur

Hon. Robert Giffen, the well-known chief of the statistical department of the Board of Trade, London, was long known as the most determined and uncompromising monometallist in England.

From If Not Silver, What? by Bookwalter, John W.

I do not indulge the hope that the figures herein presented will affect the opinion of any pronounced monometallist.

From If Not Silver, What? by Bookwalter, John W.