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 The factor of order, whether expressed positively as conductivity, or negatively as the cost of overcoming resistance, is much more valid a component of the economic value we pretend to measure than the precise and utterly irrelevant price of an ounce of gold. And the political-economist should be able to discuss this very calmly; for we are confronted with a condition—not a theory.