specie

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abl. of L. species sort, kind. Used in the phrase in specie, that is, in sort, in kind, in (its own) form.

Coin; hard money.

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Economists must leave to Adam Smith alone the glory of the Quarto, must pluck the day, fling pamphlets into the wind, write always sub specie temporis, and achieve immortality by accident, if at all. John Maynard Keynes

If sub specie aeternitatis [from eternity's point of view] there is no reason to believe that anything matters, then that does not matter either, and we can approach our absurd lives with irony instead of heroism or despair. Thomas Nagel

In the final analysis, a race or specie is not judged superior or inferior by its accomplishments, but by its will and ability to survive. David Lane (white nationalist)

Hate speech is a specie of terrorism. Yemi Osinbajo

Good manners are the settled medium of social, as specie is of commercial, life returns are equally expected for both. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

A financial crisis in England in 1818 caused banks to call in loans and curtail new lending, draining specie out of the U.S. The Bank of the United States also reduced its lending. Source: Internet

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