TOUCHSTONE in a Sentence

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Who can tell if that mind, when the touchstone is applied to it, will not be found of a mean and vulgar character?

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 Meanings and Examples of TOUCHSTONE
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touchstone
 n.  stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; excellent quality used to test excellence or genuineness of others
Classic Sentence:
1  Gold can be only known by the application of the touchstone.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
Example Sentence:
1  As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man.
2  Calamity is man's true touchstone.
3  Who can tell if that mind, when the touchstone is applied to it, will not be found of a mean and vulgar character?