put in the balance

“We remove it. But what we put in the balance is what we can learn.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021

That morning I left the Chisholm trail and struck down the Washita river, in search of a good, lively place where I might put in the balance of the winter.

From A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life by Chas. A. Siringo

For herself the property, as put in the balance beside her love, was lighter than air itself.

From Evelina's Garden by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

I saw the emptiness of fame and luxury, when put in the balance against the recompense of virtue.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Charles Brockden Brown

The love of Spanish women for bull-fights was neatly glossed over, and various absurd charges against American women were put in the balance against it.

From Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 by Andrew Dickson White