TOUCHSTONE in a Sentence

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1. Calamity is man's true touchstone.
2. As the touchstone tries gold, so gold tries man.
3. Gold can be only known by the application of the touchstone.
4. 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?